By next week, enough teammates had nipple piercings that Mason figured he might have to get one just to stay inconspicuous.
There was a full practice on Wednesday, but on his way to the locker room Mason was grabbed by a panicked Jacob and dragged into an empty classroom.
"Mase, you have to help," said the brown skinned Buff. "It's out of control."
"Whoa," Mason said and pulled his shirt straight after Jacob had ruffled it. "What happened? Let's see coach about it."
"No!" Jacob looked around as if he feared an eavesdropper hiding in the abandoned room.
The teen bodybuilder took a deep breath. "Mason... I know you know about SubX."
"Uh..."
Substance X! The super drug that turns everyone into gay fuck zombies? Right?"
"Uh... wait..."
Jacob paced a little. "I messed up. It looked like the new version was ready but the onset is super delayed. There are four guys running around who are ticking sex timebombs. They could start jerking off in public any second. Help me contain them. I'll share my SubX samples with you."
Mason's head was spinning. He took a shot from his inhaler as he noticed his own panic rise and cut his throat off.
"Okay," Mason said. "Let's go. What do I need to do?"
"The SubX was worked into deodorant. We need to find Hudson. He used it first. I let the idiot share it around before checking if it's safe."
Since the quarterback wasn't at practice, he had to already be rubbing his dick somewhere. He'd never be late.
"I know his schedule," Jacob said. "He should have been in Algebra but he wasn't."
"Wait," Mason said. "He skips sometimes, doesn't he? He keeps getting in trouble for that."
They rushed to the parking lot in front of the school and tried to spot Hudson's Porsche among the less shiny cars.
"There," Mason called out.
The car contained a naked behemoth, feet on the dashboard, fingers in his hole. A splattering of cum already decorated Hudson's chest.
Jacob hopped from one foot to another. "Fuck. There's not much we can do if anyone comes across him here."
Mason shrugged. "I think everyone who doesn't have another period is already gone."
"It'll fucking do. Okay, next up, Jool and his Asian buddy."
"TJ? I know where they hang out. Unless they already made it to detention."
"That would be catastrophic. Lead the way."
Mason jogged back into the building and into the washroom right next to the entrance. In one of the stalls - door open - Jool with the green punk style was frenching his Korean friend with the undercut. TJ was holding himself up on the water tank. Jool rubbed his dick on the boy but didn't manage to enter.
Jacob pulled the stall door closed and used a cent coin to turn the screw that the "occupied" sign hinged on.
"Good. Thank fuck those are nicely contained."
TJ's high pitched groan reverberated through the small space as he was finally being penetrated.
Jacob leaned on the washroom door to block it. "Do you think TJ is straight? First I thought everyone who takes it up the ass on SubX is secretly gay. Turns out a lot of straight guys can get fucked once you remove certain blockades, but they still seem to stick to their innate preferences in some way. Although I wouldn't have thought there are that many natural bottoms on the team. Maybe it's more complicated."
"I still can't believe it," Mason said. "This whole time, you were the mad genius behind SubX?"
Jacob shook his head - accidentally in the same rhythm as the fucking couple banged against the stall walls.
"Mase, I'm happy to hear you think I have mad scientist potential but I was simply recruited by the inventor."
"Then who is..."
"Not telling. I'm in enough trouble."
"But you still let yourself get affected?"
Jacob grinned wide. "I was never affected. The SubX creator gives me the anti-compound every time we run a trial. I was as unaffected as you. I'm just a much, much better actor." The bodybuilder winked. "And better at having fun. You're Mister Stand-and-Stare half the time."
"I'm just a top," Mason defended himself. "Wait... So you were `awake' even that time at my house?"
"At your... What are you talking about?"
Mason had a feeling he was going to regret his decision but he pulled out his phone and showed Jacob the footage of horror movie night.
The Buff laughed. "Oh my holy fucking shit. That's hilarious. I had no idea. So I did get the SubX experience after all. I guess it's only fair to you."
"Fair to me?"
Jacob pulled out his own phone and showed Mason a picture. It was a shirtless selfie, taken at Jacob's house. In the background was Mason, on the floor, face-fucking a muscular adult man that looked like an older, chubbier version of Jacob. Beside him was Wookie, sucking off Oliver.
"I..." Mason started. "I had sex with your uncle? When?"
"Action movie night. Two, three month ago. You used a different brand of inhaler then, right?"
"How long have these trials been happening?"
"That was one of the first. I was recruited in the initial stages. Now, let's go. I think the two lovebirds have calmed down."
The final target were two boys from the chess club. Hudson had not lend them his deodorant. He had swiped it across their faces as they had passed him in the hallway. Typical Hudson, really.
It was a rare sight that two jocks barreled into the chess club room and demanded to speak to two members in private.
The scrawny boys followed with some concern but quickly started taking off their clothes in the middle of the corridor. Shoving them into a toilet stall was easy.
When they were fully nude and making out, Jacob snapped a picture and closed the stall door.
"That's it. Everyone's contained. I'll give you some of the SubX I get to keep for my own fun. Promise to be responsible. I've learned my lesson today and I hope you don't need to learn the hard way."
"Um, okay," Mason said. "One question, though. What's with all the nipple studs and rings these days? Was that the weak formula?"
"Ah, you did read his notes. I left those out on accident. Don't let him know or I'll be in even more trouble."
"Let who know?"
Jacob smirked. "Nice try. To answer your question. The formula has a permanent side effect. It should be ironed out by this point but the team's got very sensitive nipples now. Maybe it'll calm down. You weren't affected, were you?"
"No, but if everyone gets pierced we'll have to do it, too."
"Good point. Let's keep an eye on that."
Wow, what a plot twist. I'm sure Mason will listen to his friend and be totally responsible. Best not even use SubX at all. Just focus on doing schoolwork and solve the mystery... next time.