Summary: The drama club goes on a trip to the mountains, meanwhile cute fluff ensues between Hori and Kashima. (Wonderful summary, right? It's short. And cute. And Kashima wears a dress. And Hori punches someone. And they tell ghost stories.)

A/N: Here's my one-shot for the Horikashi week 2015, day 1 prompt "summer." Unfortunately it's a bit late because I had to make a new account and wait to be able to publish. I didn't want to post this straight to tumblr though because I thought it would be long.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun or any of its characters, this is a fan work.

1. Summer

Kashima stifled a yawn as she neared the coach bus waiting for the drama club students in the school parking lot. It was five am and she wished she wasn't awake, but the club was leaving for a trip to a mountain villa for their summer bonding event and in order to make it by dinner time they needed to leave early.

"Kashiiimmmaaa!" A group of girls squealed delightfully as if it weren't such an unholy hour, causing the blue haired girl to turn and force herself into her role as the school's prince. "You look so nice too day!" They all shouted as they came closer. "It's different!"

"Good morning my lovely princesses!" Kashima said gallantly as she moved over. Taking the hand of the nearest girl and she said, "It's you who looks lovely this morning." She had to catch the girl as she swooned and said, "Don't fall or you'll damage your beautiful face!"

Hori groaned, hearing the commotion outside and sinking into his seat. He didn't need to look to know what was going on. Of course…they weren't even invited this time and they came along to see her anyways…even at this ungodly hour.

"Kashima, why can't we go with you?" One of the girls asked, pouting as she looked up at the prince.

"Unfortunately this is a closed event for the drama club…it breaks my heart to know that we'll be gone for so long." Kashima said as she took the girl's hand. "But fear not princesses! I will return with chocolates from the mountains!" She said with a smile.

Hori rolled his eyes. They don't even make chocolates there Kashima… He was getting more and more annoyed listening to the girls. He hadn't even noticed Kashima had said her goodbyes to them and that they were just talking amongst themselves now until he had stood up and gone to open the window, only to hear Kashima call out to him.

"Senpai!" Kashima called out excitedly as she bounced onto the bus, heading over to where he was seated in the middle. "You're saving the seat for me, right?!" She asked, plopping down into the seat beside him.

Hori turned to Kashima and frowned, "Why do you have to be so loud? Don't you know what time it is?"

"Far too early…but I was happy to see you." Kashima said with a frown. They hadn't seen each other in a couple of days and she missed him. "Aren't you happy to see your favorite kohai?"

Hori sighed, "I meant with your fanclub…" He didn't want to deal with Kashima being upset, so he had to choose his words carefully, otherwise she'd keep asking him questions about how to win his favor back. Or try doing something to win it back.

"Because the show must go on no matter how you're feeling, right?" Kashima asked, grinning.

"I guess you're right." Hori replied in a light tone, surprised by how dedicated she was to her fans despite the fact that they annoyed him. "But give me that bag," he said noticing that she hadn't put her bag up on the overhead. He grabbed it and moved around her and began to try to get it up onto the overhead wrack. Oh right…I had to stand on the seat… He remembered, realizing he was a bit too short. Suddenly he felt hands around his waist and he was being hoisted up some.

"Kashiiimmmaaa! Put me down!" He shouted, wriggling around in her arms.

"I'm sorry senpai! I just figured you'd need help!" Kashima said, putting him down.

Hori threw her bag, managing to get it into the overhead due to sheer luck, not that he'd care if it had hit Kashima at this point, and moved back into the seat. "Well I don't!" He hissed, throwing himself down into his seat.

Kashima frowned and sat back down and watched as he began to shuffle through the small bag at his feet. "What's that?" She asked when he pulled out a small black square.

"A portable DVD player," Hori responded, reaching into the bag for a DVD, "it's a long ride, so I figured I'd bring something to do."

"Oh…I hadn't even thought about that." Kashima replied with a sigh.

"Here," Hori said as he opened up the DVD player and plugged in earbuds, handing over one to Kashima. He grabbed a DVD from his bag and slipped it in, asking, "Have you ever seen Spirited Away? Some of the students were asking us to do a play based off of it so I'm doing research. I haven't watched it in a long time."

"No, I've never seen it," Kashima replied shaking her head as she popped in an earbud and stifled a yawn, "is it good?"

"Definitely," Hori replied with a nod, sitting back as he put in the other earbud and pressing play.

"Hey president," the vice president, Haruna, called as she neared his seat, "we're debating on where to stop for-oh…" She stopped when she got to the seat and grinned, seeing that Hori and Kashima were both passed out. Kashima had her head resting on Hori's shoulder and Hori's head was resting on top of her's. When will you guys just date? She thought while reaching forward and closing the now dead DVD player Hori had on his lap and disconnecting the headphones from the jack, putting it into the pocket of the seat in front of Kashima since it was closest. "Never mind guys, we'll have to decide ourselves." She said as she returned towards the back.

They stayed that way until they stopped for lunch and Haruna woke them up by tapping Kashima on the shoulder.

"W-whaaatt!? I wasn't sleeping! I swear!" Kashima shouted as she jolted up, causing Hori to startle awake. She thought it was Hori who was waking her up, scolding her for slacking off or something.

"What's going on?!" Hori shouted, before realizing where he was. Kashima was shouting and for some reason he thought she was doing something he needed to take care of, but then it dawned on him she was just waking up too. "Kashima, quit shouting." He said with a sigh, then looked up at Haruna. "What is it?"

"We're stopping for lunch." Haruna replied. "I went to ask where you thought we should stop, but you were asleep, so we decided we'd just stop at a mall and all eat in the food court so we could make our own decisions."

"Oh, okay," Hori replied as he and Kashima followed her off of the bus. As they were getting off he watched Kashima take off her jacket and it dawned on him that she was wearing a sundress. That's…unusual… He thought, feeling his face heat up a bit. How had he not noticed the dress? Probably because of the fact that with the jacket on it looked like her usual combination of a skirt and a long sleeved shirt. She wasn't even wearing socks. How had he not noticed that? Christ…stop looking before she notices… He thought to himself, forcing himself to look ahead. She is a girl after all…girls can wear whatever they want. Then it dawned on him: what if she said it was "the dress she knew he always wanted to wear" or some shit like that? He clenched his fist and was about to start yelling at her, but Haruna had started talking to her.

"That dress looks nice on you," Haruna said to Kashima as they walked across the parking lot, "I'm surprised that's what you're wearing though…"

"Ahh…yea, I was actually dared by Seo…" Kashima replied laughing as she tied the jacket to her waist. She had been looking at the dress in the store for a couple of minutes, wondering if she should buy it or not, as it wasn't something she would usually wear. It was a light coral color and the top had one piece of fabric overlapping the other and sloping down to her waist, creating a slight v at the neck. The dress was tucked in at the waist by a white belt. She had thought it would look nice with her mint colored flats and the tan jacket she had in her closet, neither of which she ever got to wear because they didn't really suit her normal dress style. Seo had caught her staring at it and smacked her on the back saying, "You want to wear that so you can remind that Hori guy you're a girl, don't you?!" she had said, causing Kashima to turn bright red and reply, "No! We're just friends, it's not like that!" And the next thing she knew, Seo was whisking her over to the counter with the dress in her hands saying that she dared her to wear it and take pictures. "And you can't wear socks!" She had shouted, laughing maniacally as they left the store.

"Well, it's a nice to mix up your style once in awhile, right?" Haruna replied with a smile. She glanced back at Hori, wondering what his reaction to all this was. He was staring down towards the ground. Or was he staring at Kashima's legs?!

Hori noticed Haruna was looking at him and sort of glaring at him and tensed. "Let's hurry up and get food, I'm starving," He said, grabbing Kashima by the arm and dragging her towards the mall, leaving Haruna with a group of stragglers who were still getting off of the bus.

"Senpai, what do you think about this dress? Do you like it?" Kashima asked, looking down at him.

Hori paused, wondering if she was asking about whether she looked good in the dress or something else. Before he could answer, Kashima was speaking again.

"Because I think it's your style!" She added eagerly.

"Kashiimmmaaa!" Hori shouted, spinning around and punching her in the arm. "Stop that! I don't know where you got this idea that I want to be a girl, or dress like one, but stop it!" He growled, before stalking off on his own.

Kashima just laughed. "There's no need to be shy about it, senpai!" She called out, running after him.

Not long after they were in the food court, standing in line to get their lunch and just chatting away about the kind of food they'd find at the villa. "The place has a sauna, right?" She asked changing the topic all of a sudden, "and there's a shrine nearby too, right?"

Hori nodded, "Yea…there's a couple nature trails as well." They had decided it was a good idea to get away from the city in order to do give them all some time to relax and they had already gone on a beach trip this year, so someone had proposed they go to the mountains. He knew Kashima wasn't too excited that there wouldn't be many shopping opportunities, but he was sort of glad, because just a couple weeks ago he got roped into shopping with her and they had spent the entire day doing so. But then again, no matter where they went he'd probably spend the day cashing her around. After all, she was popular no matter where they went. He could already hear a group of girls gushing about her behind him and was trying not to roll his eyes.

"Do you want to go to the shrine with me?" Kashima asked as they moved forward in line.

"Maybe," Hori replied, not really paying attention. He was looking over at another group of girls gawking at her.

"Oh hey, take a picture with me senpai!" Kashima said, grabbing his arm and turning him towards her. Before he could even respond she was leaning in and grinning, taking a selfie. "Perfect!" She said while looking at the picture. Hori looked surprised in the picture, which was likely the best she'd get from him. She quickly sent it to Seo and Chiyo, then set it as her background on her phone. "So what else do you want to do there?" She asked, but didn't get a reply because all of a sudden someone was whistling at her. The hair on the back of her neck stood up and she turned to look, seeing two men who were about the same height as Nozaki leering at her, one had dark brown hair and the other had light blonde.

"Look at those legs!" The one closest to her said to his friend. He was the blonde.

"Hey baby," The dark haired one said as he moved closer, "how about you let me treat you to lunch? I know a place that's better than here."

Hori clenched his fist and moved in front of Kashima, looking up at the older man. He was a college student, he could tell that much. "Leave her alone," he said, glaring at him.

"Oh look at this, she has a boyfriend! And he's a runt!" The blonde said as he moved over. "Come on sweetie, why not hang out with real men?"

"No thank you…" Kashima replied with a frown. This felt extremely awkward, as she was usually never in this position. The girls who adored her were much gentler and the guys she went to school with were just friendly with her. They treated her like one of the guys. "Senpai…it's okay…" She said, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Aww, c'mon," The brunette said, reaching out for her only to have his arm caught by Hori and to suddenly be punched in the face.

"Teacher! There's a fight! Hori-senpai is fighting someone!" Was all it took to bring the entire club and the teacher chaperon over. It also sent the blonde running and cause the brunette to pull back.

"I didn't start it!" The brunette said, waving his hands in the air. He didn't want to this being reported to the police.

"Iha-sensei, it's not senpai's fault!" Kashima chimed in, moving in front of Hori this time. It was her turn to protect him.

"I don't want to hear it," Iha replied shaking his head, he was already fed up with dealing with the drama club. He had been roped in because the normal advisor was sick and he owed her a favor. He had just turned to question the brunette, but he had disappeared. "Crap," he muttered under his breath before turning to Hori, "get your food and meet me on the bus."

Hori sighed, "Alright…" He got back in line, rubbing his hand.

"I'm sorry senpai…it's my fault…" Kashima said as she looked down at the floor. "Tell him it was my fault."

"It wasn't your fault." Hori replied, frowning. "Look at me, Kashima. It wasn't your fault, okay? It's never your fault when people act like that. I'd do it again."

Kashima smiled and looked up, "Thank you, senpai."

"Senpai, are you almost done?" Kashima asked as she moved into the kitchen where Hori was washing dishes. That was his punishment for earlier, since they were staying at one of the smaller villas that people could rent but had to do their own cooking and dishes.

"Just finished," Hori replied as he dried his hands off and hung up the towel.

"We're all going to tell ghost stories by the fire," Kashima said as she zipped up her jacket. She had changed into a pair of jeans, a button up shirt, and was wearing a jacket because it was chilly out.

"Okay, I'll be right out there." Hori said as he untied the smock he was wearing and hung it up.

"Alright!" Kashima said, smiling and heading back outside.

A couple minutes later, after Hori had put on a jacket, they were sitting outside by the fire and beginning to tell stories. After about an hour, the number of students began to die down, leaving only Haruna, Kashima, Hori, and two other third years.

"I've got an idea," Kashima said as she stuffed a handful of marshmallows into her mouth and kept talking, "how about we go around the circle and add onto a story!"

"Okay! That's a great idea!" Haruna said grinning. "Who wants to start?"

"I will!" The female third year chimed in. "Then we can go to the left, so we'll finish up with Hori-kun."

"Why did it have to be a story about ghosts in the woods…?" Kashima asked as she laid down beside Hori, having opted to sleep beside him because the ending that he had chosen was awful. Although to be honest, she probably would have slept beside him anyways. Basically, it turned into a story about campers being in the woods and meeting a bunch of people near a nice little cabin, which turned out to be not so nice, and had been sitting with the decaying bodies of all of the people they had met inside. It turned out that during the day, their ghosts carried on like normal and the cabin appeared normal, but at night it turned into the murder cabin it truly was. The point was that it attracted victims by seeming like a safe haven should campers need to take shelter from bad weather or animals. "What if this place is haunted like that…?" She wondered, biting her lip.

"It's not," Hori replied shaking his head, "go to sleep, you'll be fine." I knew that would get you… He thought to himself, closing his eyes.

"Well, if there are ghosts, I'll be sure to point them your way for summoning them." Kashima replied as she closed her eyes.

"Go for it, considering they're not real." Hori replied with a yawn.

"I will," Kashima threatened, yawning as well. Despite the fact that she had been scared, being near Hori seemed to calm her down and she managed to fall asleep within minutes.

Hori however, did not. He opened his eyes when he heard footsteps coming from outside and glanced at the door, seeing a shadow go across the screen and pulling the blankets over his head. Crap… He thought, realizing he managed to creep himself out a bit. It's just your imagination… He had just calmed down a little bit when suddenly something touched him and he jumped, pulling back the blankets to escape, only to see that Kashima had managed to throw her arm over onto him. Of course… He thought, shaking his head. Nonetheless, he moved a bit closer to her and closed his eyes.

FIN

A/N: I realize this is rather late, as it's almost the end of day 2, but I had it done and wanted to post it!