Summary: The drama club is doing tryouts for their musical and Kashima is nowhere to be found. Once found, Hori and Kashima get into a fight over the musical. Hori and Kashima fluff.

A/N: Here's my one-shot for the Horikashi week 2015, day 2 prompt "fight." Unfortunately it's a bit late because being late on the first submission set back this one as well! D:

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


2. Fight

"Kashima!" Hori shouted as he ran down the hall, peering into open classroom doors and terrifying anyone who happened to be inside the rooms. "I will find you!" He called out as he began to open up any doors that were shut, finding only empty classrooms, a group of first years hiding in a corner, and Nozaki. "Have you seen Kashima?" He asked, gasping for breath as he leaned against the wall. This was worse than usual. "You don't think she went home, do you?"

"I haven't seen her," Nozaki replied shaking his head, "but I know you're not the only one looking for her." He pointed to the group of girls coming up behind him.

"Kashima-kun! Kashima-kun! Where are you?! I want to see you before I go home!" They all called out in unison.

Hori took a deep breath and clenched his fist, turning to the girls. "Get out of here!" He yelled at them, then slid the door shut firmly and leaned against it. He could hear the girls shouting on the other side.

"We know she's with you! Bring her out! Bring her out!" They cried as they pounded on the door.

Hori pushed all his weight against the door. "Text Sakura…ask her if she knows…" He begged.

"Okay," Nozaki said as he moved over while pulling out his phone. He leaned his weight against the door to help keep it shut, hearing a girl outside fall to the ground because she had been seconds away from opening the door until his weight made it impossible. Hey…do you know where Kashima is? Senpai is looking for her.

"Let us in! We know you're hiding her! You can't have her to yourself!" The girls outside the door screamed. "We know you have her!"

"God they're scary..." Nozaki murmured. And her fans are going to murder us. He added, before hitting send.


"Kashima, it's just tryouts for a musical… Come on, you don't have to hide there." Sakura said as she reached out her hand to her friend, who was curled up in the fetal position on the ground underneath the outside bleachers. "There's a spider web above your head…" She said with a frown.

"It doesn't matter…it's all over…" Kashima replied, covering her face with one hand. "My beloved kohai position…once Hori-senpai realizes I can't sing, it's all over! I'll be demoted to a background role forever!"

"Now you're definitely overreacting Kashima," Sakura replied shaking her head, before looking down at her phone and seeing that Nozaki was texting her. She bit her lip. Do I lie…? She looked over at Kashima, who was now going on about how she'd have to find a way to look shorter, otherwise she may as well quit the club. I think I should tell him…it can't be as bad as she thinks… She began to text back her reply. Yes…she's under the bleachers-BUT! She has a good reason! They're doing a musical!

"Oh come on, he'll probably just want to cancel the musical once he hears your voice!" Seo replied, bringing her hands to her hips and laughing. "No one will ever want to risk hearing you sing again!"

"That…doesn't help…" Kashima said, curling further into herself. "It's over…it's over." She repeated, rocking back and fourth.

Nozaki looked down at his phone and said, "She's under the bleachers…" Then his eyes widened as he read the rest of the text, but it was too late Hori had already thrown the door open and was leaving the room. Nozaki was now lying on the ground, half in the classroom and half out of it, staring at a group of girls who had also been thrown to the ground. Some were lying face first beside him moaning in pain, others were on their back rubbing at their heads or butts.

"Out of my way!" Hori shouted, pushing past the girls and heading towards the bleachers.

Oops…I think you better prepare yourselves. He's coming and he's mad. Nozaki replied to Sakura, before getting up and heading outside himself.


"Kashiiiiima!" Hori shouted as he neared the bleachers at a full sprint. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" He called, seeing her curled up on the ground.

Sakura looked up and frowned. What did you tell him Nozaki?! Then her phone went off and she looked down. A little too late for that one buddy…

"Looks like it's time for me to go help out with basketball," Seo said as she glanced down at her watch, ignoring the fact that someone was running towards them shouting as if it wasn't even happening. "Bye Sakura, Kashima." She waved her hand over her shoulder and walked off.

"Hori-senpai, wait!" Sakura pleaded, jumping in front of Kashima. "Just listen before you yell at her!" She threw her hands up between them as if that would be able to keep him there if he tried moving forward.

Hori stopped instantly and looked down at Sakura, asking her with no hint of malice in his voice, "What is it?"

"It's about the musical-…" Sakura began gently, but was cut off by Kashima jumping between them.

"I don't want to be in the musical, Hori-senpai!" Kashima proclaimed, looking down at him.

"Why not?" Hori asked, frowning. "I told you about it weeks ago…" Now he was irritated again, because he had worked hard to get a script written by Nozaki and then get the glee club to help put it into a musical format. Not to mention he and some of the other club advisors had to make sure they had permission to do some of the stunts in the play, since a scene required "flying" and they'd need to set up the equipment to make that necessary. "You have no idea how freaking hard we've worked on this," he began, but stopped when he saw how angry Kashima looked.

"I said I don't want to and you can't force me!" Kashima replied, glaring at him. It was easier this way, to pretend she wasn't interested, that way he'd never know the truth.

"Sakura…" Nozaki called out once he made it to where they were standing. "What's going on…?"

"She's telling him she doesn't want to be a part of the musical…" Sakura replied looking up at him.

"Let's leave." Nozaki suggested looking down at her.

"Wha-what, no, I can't leave now!" Sakura began, but Nozaki had grabbed her by the waist, threw her over his shoulder, and ran off. "Put me down!" In the background she could hear Hori shouting, "Then why didn't you say something sooner? Before we even planned one out!"

"Sorry…I just…I have a feeling that we need to put some distance between us and this fight." Nozaki said now that they were closer to the school and he set her down. Then he sat down and pulled out his notebook. "But this is perfect material for manga…" He said as he began to write down ideas about a fight.

"S-seriously?!" Sakura asked, looking at Nozaki with wide-eyes. "You're not at all worried about either of them?"

"Not particularly…" Nozaki replied, shaking his head. He could hear Kashima shouting, "Because I don't need to be in every play! Other people can do it!"

"Oh but you were worried about us..." Sakura said shaking her head.

"Well that's because you'd die of Kashima was thrown into you and I particularly am not fond of pain." Nozaki replied, not looking up from his notebook.

"I don't like musicals! They're stupid!" Kashima added on, not that that was the truth. She'd love to see one, but she couldn't be in one. "Let someone else do it! It's a waste of my time!" She said, really playing up the fact that she didn't want to do it. I'm so sorry, senpai…

Hori had been silent for a moment, just taking in what Kashima had said. "Fine," he replied slowly, shoving his hands into his pockets and walking off, "I'll do the lead role then…"

Kashima just stood in silence, watching as he walked off. When he was out of earshot she fell to her knees. "Why…why couldn't I just learn to sing well enough to try out and be told that someone else should play the role…? Why do I have to sing so badly that it'll make senpai's ears bleed and the rest of the club cry?"

"I'm going over there," Sakura said, moving away from Nozaki and heading over to Kashima, bending down beside her. "It'll be okay, though you should have just told him you can't sing."

"No! I can't do that! This way is better." Kashima replied, shaking her head. She wiped at the tears in the corner of her eyes and said. "He'll only hate me for a little bit…I hope." She forced a smile and said, "I'm going home."

"Let me walk with you," Sakura suggested.

"No, I want to be alone." Kashima replied, giving her a weak smile. "I'll see you Monday."


"Hey Kashima," Mikoshiba said as he walked into the classroom, finding Kashima sitting with her head down on her desk. "Are you okay?"

"Senpai hasn't talked to me all weekend and he didn't meet me at the train station like usual this morning," Kashima cried, turning her head to the side so she could look up at Mikoshiba.

"Oh my god your face!" Mikoshiba jumped back, stammering, "You look like a witch…or maybe a zombie…yea a zombie…" She had dark circles under her eyes and looked almost lifeless.

"I haven't slept much," Kashima replied, sitting up and stifling a yawn.

"You should go home." Mikoshiba said, frowning.

"We have a test today." Kashima said, yawning again. "Besides I have to go to club practice, we're talking about the one-acts we're going to do after the musical." She cringed at the word "musical."

"Ahh…so, what exactly did you do to senpai?" Mikoshiba asked as he sat down.

"I sort of yelled at him for thinking I'd be interested in a musical." Kashima said with a sigh. Mikoshiba knew the truth, she had admitted it to him at one point.

"I give up…you're too perfect! Is there anything you're not good at?" Mikoshiba had cried as he sat in a corner, arms wrapped around his knees and head in his lap, after she had managed to avoid falling victim to the falling bucket of water prank he had set up. She had called to him from the other side of the door and stupidly he came out to her, having entirely forgotten about the prank because she had been challenging him to see who could sprint the track the fastest, proclaiming she could beat him even in a skirt (little did he know she had shorts on underneath). Of course, he got soaked.

"I can't sing," Kashima had said to him, offering him a hand, "at all…" She gave him a weak smile and said, "You probably want to spread it to the whole school, don't you?"

But he hadn't. Mikoshiba had kept her secret and she was grateful for it. "Basically, I told him all of his hard work was for nothing…" She said with a sigh.

"Why not just tell the truth?" Mikoshiba suggested, although he realized he would do the same thing if he were her.

"I can't…" Kashima said, shaking her head.

"Alright everyone, class is starting," their teacher said, bringing an end to their conversation that Kashima was grateful for.


"What do you mean you failed the test?" Mikoshiba asked, disbelief painting his face. "That's not even possible!" He said shaking his head.

"Aoyama-sensei just called me in and showed me the test…he said I can retake it, because it's not something he'd normally expect from me, and I apparently do look like a zombie…" Kashima replied with a sigh as they walked through the hall.

"Well I guess that's a good thing," Mikoshiba said, glancing around after he saw something flicker in the shadows. He jumped back some when he saw a group of eyes and said, "I think your fanclub is scared to come near you…"

"Huh, that explains a lot…" Kashima said, recalling how girls had almost practically ran off from her this morning and why despite it being the end of the day, no one had come near her yet.

"I definitely think you need to just tell senpai…" Mikoshiba said, watching as the girls moved from their hiding spot to another one. This works out for me though… He thought, glad that none of the girl's had tried to approach him.

"I can't," Kashima said shaking her head, "just drop it." Once they reached the drama room she took a deep breath and said, "Thanks for walking with me. I'll see you tomorrow…"

As soon as she went into the room the girls swarmed around him, "Mikoshiba-kun! Mikoshiba-kun! What's wrong with Kashima-kun?!" Mikoshiba felt his body go hot and wished he could just run, but instead forced out in his most charming voice, "Why would you want Kashima when you could have me? Or am I too much for you to handle?" He felt the back of his neck heat up and his brain was screaming, RUN! But the girls were too close, so he had to keep going.


Kashima moved over to her seat, accidentally making contact with Hori as she walked across the room and quickly averting her gaze to the floor. Crap, he looks mad… She thought as she sat down.

"Thank you for coming everyone, today's meeting will be short because we're beginning rehearsal for the musical after the meeting. Remember, today is just brainstorming for the one-acts for the festival. They'll be by class year, so once we go over the ideas, we will having a drawing for which class gets what and then it's up to your classes to hold meetings and rehearsals." Hori said, periodically changing where he was looking so he didn't seem to be addressing one group of people; however, he ignored looking at Kashima. "Let's begin with suggestions."

Now's my chance. You have to speak to me here. Kashima thought as her hand shot into the air. It was a couple seconds before anyone else's hand went into the air, but he chose them instead. She began to wave her hand a bit and point her fingers up even higher towards the ceiling, but he still picked someone else. He's ignoring me! She thought, only to have her thoughts confirmed by the students sitting around her.

"Wow, he's definitely ignoring Kashima…" The girls beside her said, when Hori called on another person, even though everyone who had originally raised their hands after Kashima had already spoke and some of those people had already been called on for the second time.

"Senpai!" Kashima called out, standing up this time. "I have an idea!" Her hand was still raised and she had met her eyes. Now you definitely have to respond to me!

"Haruna-chan, go on," Hori said, turning slightly and pointing to the girl at his left. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the look of defeat fall across Kashima's face as she sank back down into her seat.

Haruna glanced over at Kashima and bit her lip, but went on anyways. "I was thinking, maybe we put those who don't usually act on as advisers, writers, and helpers for the classes. That also goes for those of us who might be too busy with a big role in the musical since the prep time for the one-acts and the musical are overlapping. We can put our names into a cup and draw on who gets what class."

"Alright, that sounds like a great idea." Hori replied, nodding. "Any other suggestions?" At this point he saw everyone look over at Kashima, who was sitting with her head in her lap and her hands over her face. But no one said anything.

Whyyyy…why senpai, do you really hate me that much? Kashima wondered, knowing now that she definitely lost her favorite kohai position.

"Alright, then we'll start the drawing. Start with the third years." Hori said, looking over at Haruna who had been writing down the ideas on craft sticks and putting them into a cup. "While we do that, if you're not going to participate in the plays but want to be an adviser, writer, or helper write your name on a stick and put it into this cup." He grabbed a handful of craft sticks from the desk Haruna had been sitting at and set them down on the desk beside him, then grabbed a cup from the small table full of supplies at the front of the room. He pulled a pen from his pocket and wrote his name on a stick, dropping it into the cup and watching as Haruna went around the room. The third years were cheering about the fact that they got Feudal Era Cinderella.

"Uh…Kashima, can you pull one of these for your class?" Haruna asked as she bent down in front of Kashima.

Kashima looked up and pulled a stick, handing it back over to Haruna. She looked on the verge of tears. "Here." She didn't care what it was.

"Hori-kun will get over whatever made him mad, don't worry." Haruna said, giving her a small smile before reading off the stick. "The second years will be doing High School Romeo and Juliet."

"That's perfect for Kashima!" One of the second year girls shouted. "She can be Romeo!"

"And Akagi-chan! She can play the Juilet!" A second year boy added. "Everyone agree?"

"Yes!" The rest of the second years agreed as they gathered around, nodding. "No need for auditions for them."

"Then it's settled." The girl who spoke first said, before launching into ideas.

"Hori-kun," Haruna said as she held out the cup to him, "we're drawing for advisers now."

"Oh okay," Hori replied. He hadn't been paying attention to the first years drawing, as he was silently agreeing with himself that Kashima was best fit for the role of Romeo, not only because of her skill but because it was in a high school setting and she was easily the most charming person in their high school. "Who's class are we drawing for?" He asked as he drew a stick.

"Second years," Haruna said as she watched him flip over the stick and stare in horror.

"No…draw again." Hori said as he stared down at his name. He didn't want to work with Kashima right now.

"Sorry, but fair is fair," Haruna said, shaking her head, "you'll just have to get over whatever it is that made you two fight." She drew another stick and then called out, "Hori-kun and Furuta-chan will be the advisors for the second years."

Crap… Hori thought as he shook his head and walked over to the second years. "Hey, Furuta-chan, you're not working on the musical right? How about you take the lead on this one. I'll just support you." He was sort of glad it worked out this way, so he didn't have to deal with Kashima as much.

Oh no… Kashima thought, looking at Hori in horror as he took a seat by them. She cast her gaze to the floor and listened as Hori and Furuta spoke.

"Sounds like a good idea," Furuta said, nodding, "so, how about we meet tomorrow after the musical rehearsal is over? Sounds good?" When everyone agreed she nodded and said, "Then I'll get working on a sample script tonight using the ideas we pitched. Those of you who have ideas, please write them down. We'll assign more writers tomorrow and do some reading from the actual Romeo and Juliet so we can figure out who'd be best for what role, ok?"

"Okay!" Everyone agreed, talking about a few other things they had to prepare and within a half an hour the room was empty, leaving only Kashima.

"This is awful…" She thought, biting her lip. "Completely awful…senpai hates me…and now he's going to be working on our play with us!" She pulled out her phone and texted Chiyo. Help!


"Wow, senpai is really good!" Kashima mused as she watched Hori take the stage. Some of the glee club had tried out as well, so they were acting as the background cast, making Hori's seem taller considering they were all girls so he fit the lead role perfectly without her in the way. "I wish he could act more." Her and Chiyo were sitting in the back of the room watching. She was so glad that she couldn't been seen from the stage or Hori would probably tell her to leave.

"I think he likes working on the sets more," Sakura said, looking over at Kashima, "at least that's how it looks to me. But he is really good at this too." They fell into a silence when Hori began to sing and the glee club began the background chorus. It was beautiful. The only way it could be better was if they had succeeded in roping Seo into the play, but she refused. They had watched their practices for a couple days now, since Hori had refused to speak with Kashima and she had been dying to see him in any way.

"Chiyo-chan," Kashima said after a moment of silence, not taking her eyes off of Hori, "Do you think he'll hate me forever?"

"No," Sakura replied shaking her head, "he'll forgive you. He always does, right?"

"I hope you're right." Kashima replied, looking over and smiling at her. She couldn't help but smile, because getting to watch Hori act made her happy and the idea that he'd forgive her also made her happy. Mikoshiba, Chiyo, and Haruna all seemed very convinced he'd forgive her, so maybe he would.


"Alright guys, that was great," Hori said, thanking everyone for attending their first meeting for the one-act play, "thanks for coming. We'll meet again tomorrow, same time. You can go now." When Kashima began to leave the room, he ran over and grabbed her by the collar. "Except you." He said, his voice seething with irritation. "What's with you and that stupid grin you've had on your face all practice?"

"Senpai! You don't hate me!" Kashima shouted, spinning around and hugging him. She had been grinning because she was so happy about seeing him perform earlier and what Chiyo had said. "You paid attention to me!"

"Let go of me!" Hori screamed, trying to push her back, but he grip was too tight. "And who wouldn't notice that stupid grin?!"

"Senpai, your singing is great! So is your acting!" Kashima cheered as she spun him around.

"Let me go!" Hori shouted, feeling like a rag-doll as she continued to spin him. "I'm going to throw up if you don't!"

Kashima set him down and continued smiling at him. "That part was made for you!" She said breathlessly.

"No! It was made for you!" Hori shouted clenching his fists and meeting her eyes, before his face turned bright red when he realized what he said.

"What do you mean…?" Kashima asked, titling her head to the side. "Like, it was written for me…?"

"Yes, you idiot!" Hori sighed, smacking his forehead with the palm of his hand. "It took forever to perfect too!" He said, shaking his head from side to side while still holding his palm to his forehead.

"I…I'm sorry senpai," Kashima replied, looking down at her feet. "I…I can't sing…" She admitted, feeling her face turn extremely red.

"You can't sing?" Hori asked in a confused tone, letting his hand fall to his side. Kashima, not good at something? That was a first. But of course, she was human. She couldn't be good at everything after all. It was just surprising.

"I understand if you hate me." Kashima said, not looking up at him and feeling her face redden even more.

"Hate you?" Hori asked, raising an eyebrow. For some reason he felt extremely bad seeing her like that and knowing that's what she thought all this time. "I don't hate you. I was mad, yes…and still am, because I wish you'd have told me that a long time ago, but I don't hate you."

"Really?" Kashima looked up at him, eyes lighting up as she grabbed his hands and smiled at him. "You really don't hate me?!"

"Of course not, stupid." Hori replied, yanking his hands back. But he gave her a small smile anyways. "But, because you didn't tell me the truth you're going to have to help out with the play do stage crew, you realize that right?"

"Okay! I'll do anything! As long as I get to see senpai act!" Kashima said, beaming.

Hori chuckled. "Just wait till you see how much really goes into it, you won't be thanking me then. Now let me see how bad that singing of yours is…" Just as he said it, Sakura and Nozaki came running in.

"DON'T DO IT!" They both shouted, as Nozaki tackled Kashima and covered her mouth and Sakura pushed Hori against a wall, threw her hands up and covered his ears. "SHE'S AWFUL! YOU'LL DIE!" They both warned in unison. Where they came from neither of them had any clue, but Hori was certain they had been listening from the hall the entire time.


"This is awesome!" Kashima whispered with a grin to Chiyo and Nozaki, who were both helping out with the stage crew. "Senpai is so cool!" They were up on the balcony above the stage and Kashima was dropping handfuls of feathers down while Chiyo was watching for the signal from below to stop.

Nozaki couldn't respond, because he was too busy keeping Hori up in the air and had promised him he wouldn't speak to anyone while he was working the rig, unless it was about something that might be going wrong. Which Hori had made sure to tell him multiple times.

"If you drop me, I will haunt your ass forever!" Hori had warned, taking him by the shoulders and shaking him. "So do. not. talk. Watch me. Only talk to people if they're saying something needs to be done for my safety…because if I don't die from that fall, I will kill you!"

"I won't let you fall," Nozaki had assured him, "I have a deadline and you still have backgrounds to work on."

"He is pretty cool," Sakura agreed, watching as Hori landed on the stage and delivered his final lines, "and I told you he would listen to the truth."

"Yea…but he made me do a lot of work for the past two months. Both here and in the rehearsal for the one-act." Kashima replied, still smiling though. She was happy she got to see him so much and that he didn't hate her for not being able to sing.


FIN

A/N: Also rather late, since it's a couple hours into day 3 now...but this was it for day 2!

A/N 2: Also, it dawned on me, in the manga Mikoshiba thinks the reason that Kashima refuses to do karaoke is because of the fact that he thinks she can only sing "niche anime songs." But in the anime, it's only Sakura, Seo, and Nozaki who find out she can't sing. So, this is where there's a bit of deviation from the manga.