>>16824173If they were both gay they would have figured out how to ease tension in themselves.
Eric probably resented that Dylan was gay as it made everyone think he was gay, but he knew if he wasn't friends with Dylan he would have no one.
Dylan knew Eric wasn't gay but he would have rather followed his unrequited lover in killing the people that made both their lives miserable than live the rest of his life seemingly as an outcast for being a faggot.