Bruno had study hall next period, so he lingered in the sauna after the bell rang. By the time he was sauntering back to his locker, only Karl and Chad remained in the locker room.
"That's a good boy, Chad. Now you will be able to swear like a regular guy again. Now I've got to get out on the field. Go to your next class, and meet me by the flagpole after school," Karl ordered.
Bruno's jaw hung open as he peered around the corner of the locker bank. Chad was naked on his knees. Karl petted Chad's head, and Chad barked like a dog. Then Karl put his tablet in his locker locked it, and left Chad squatting on the locker room floor. The moment Karl disappeared from view, Chad stood, and started dressing in the folded clothing on the bench in front of Karl's locker.
"Hey, Chad!" said Bruno as he stepped out from behind the corner. "I stayed in the sauna too long." Bruno stretched and yawned, "so what are you doing in here?"
"Arf!" Chad said, the clearing his throat, "Uh, hi Bruno, I've got study hall this hour, same as you. I thought I'd go to the library to study. I missed classes last week, so have to catch up."
"Yeah, Chad," Bruno smiled, thinking Karl must've hypnotized Chad, he figured he could have some fun if he could guess the trigger word, "You're a good boy, Chad. "
Chad looked at Bruno cockeyed. His eyes focused on Bruno's Speedo bulge for a second or two- just long enough for Bruno to notice. But Chad resisted the urge to sniff Bruno's crotch and ass. Instead, Chad said, "I gotta go. See you, Bruno."
Bruno shrugged. He had thought about asking Chad why he changed here, when he locker was two rows over, but he didn't expect a straight answer from Chad. He tried Karl's locker, it was locked. He strolled over to his own locker, and purposely misdialed the combo a few times. He shrugged and headed over to the towel cage. Ty was engrossed with a game or homework on his laptop.
"Hey, Ty, forgot my combo, again," feigned Bruno.
Ty glanced up with an annoyed expression.
"Bruno, seriously? I have to look up your combo at least once a week. Maybe you should write it down and keep it with you all the time."
"Where would I keep it? I'm just really bad with numbers," Bruno shrugged pointing at his Speedo.
Ty sighed, "Here's the locker log book, look it up yourself." He slid the black binder labeled with a white sticker reading "locker combos", and returned to his screen.
Bruno smiled and took the binder. He flipped through it. Spotted Karl's locker combination, memorized it. Flipped to his owner locker combo, and made a show of concentrating.
"Thanks, Ty, I think I've got it now" Bruno said sliding the binder across the counter toward Ty. Then he strolled back his locker.
Ty shook his head.
Bruno was really good at numbers. Last week when Rico was selling joints, he had raided Rico's locker, and taken one joint out of two dozen. Rico didn't notice one was missing for days. Sometimes he copied homework. Sometimes Bruno "borrowed cash". He never took everything and often returned cash that he borrowed previously. He told himself he wasn't a thief.
At his locker, Bruno opened it, hung up his suit. Naked he took his backpack, and closed his locker. He headed toward the showers, but turned the opposite direction, and went to Karl's locker. He opened the locker, and extracted the tablet. He smiled the screen was still on and open. Karl hadn't powered it down or eveb closed the program. He probably thought the tablet would timeout and shutdown. However the screen was on and ended up resting against his leather shoe, which apparently kept the device active. Bruno moved his finger along the screen to keep it active, as Bruno shut Karl's locker.
Then Bruno headed toward the Equipment Room. He punched in the access code that he memorized, and slipped into the store room, where he could work on Karl's tablet in private.