"Shizu-chan. Sei-chan. good morning~" Mibuchi cheerfully greeted his juniors who was walking to class.

"good morning, Reo."

"good morning, Mibuchi-senpai…"

"ara? Is something the matter, Shizu-chan?"

He worriedly asked the girl who was surrounded by some sort of depressed aura accompanied with bags under her eyes. He also took a glance over to Akashi who was wearing a "don't ask me" expression.

"the people of the Akashi family are monsters…"

"eh?"

"senpai!" Shizune whipped her head over to Mibuchi who instantly twitched in surprise. "Who gets up at 5 in the morning even on a holiday!? Tell me, who?"

"uh…" By those words, he could already figure out the problem. Yesterday, Shizune sent him a mail about her staying at his Sei-chan's house for some time because of their parents selfish little decision. Of course he was surprised at first but then after some explanations, he couldn't help but think that their parents had something under their sleeve.

Mibuchi gave a soft pat on her shoulder and smiled. "now, now. I'm sure you'll get used to it soon"

"hope so…"

"Eikichi! That's my drink!"

Mibuchi whined at Nebuya who was gulping down the clear energy drink without any care of the world. The other members watch as the two started to bicker inside the gym.

"eh..you're being noisy, Mibuchi…"

"of course! You are drinking my energy drink which I already drank some of it! It's like an indirect kiss, for god's sake!"

"what the hell are you talking about…" Nebuya's face wrinkled with disgust at Mibuchi's words as he closed the bottle cap tightly.

"I'm talking about—" Mibuchi snatched the bottle and put his hands on his hips. "how unpleasant it is having an indirect kiss with someone like you!" he ended his complaints with his finger hovering just a few millimeters away from Nebuya's face. "if it was Sei-chan, I wouldn't mind…"

"the hell is going on in that brain of yours.."

"ano…."

"ara, Shizu-chan. Since when were you there?"

"s-since the indirect kiss part…" She stuttered, her mind still trying to process the 'Sei-chan' section.

"ouh Shizune, what he said was gross, you agree?"

Nebuya rested his arm on her head and leaned closer. Mibuchi's expression instantly turned into an irritated one and he smacked him on his head with the bottle.

"don't do such things to a lady!"

"eh? She qualifies as one?" The tanned male rubbed his head with one hand and asked, still resting his arm on the girl's head.

His question made Shizune twitch and glare at him. "Nebuya-senpai, if you don't want to die, please don't say such words."

The deadly aura she emitted made Nebuya immediately back up. "wooh. Scary"

"anyway, did you need something, Shizu-chan?"

"ah, yes."

Remembering what she came for, Shizune handed a piece of paper each to the two which they read thoroughly. It was a list for things to bring to their summer camp which was to be held in 2 weeks time in Tokyo. Some of the members questioned why the hell they were going to have a summer camp all the way in Tokyo not Kyoto and the one responsible a.k.a Akashi simply answered with "Tokyo is more suitable". Though some still had complaints, they chose not to voice them out.

"oh? We are expected to bring bathing suits. I wonder if we are going to swim there.." Mibuchi wondered out loud.

"who knows. By the way, have you seen Hayama-senpai? I haven't gave the list to him yet.."

"no idea—" Nebuya lazily answered.

"I think he's somewhere in the second year's classrooms…I saw him run over in that direction some time ago.."

"thanks!"

Shizune quickly ran out and went to search for Hayama. Moments later, Akashi entered the gym, bringing along a few pamphlets with him. Mibuchi, the first to notice, lovingly jogged up to him wearing a big smile on his face.

"Sei-chan~ what's with the pamphlets?"

"these are about the haunted spots around the lodge we will be staying at. Someone said that a test of courage is essential in summer so I thought of finding a place to do so."

"heh…to think that Sei-chan favors these kind of activities…" it's cute.. Mibuchi added in his mind. If he said it out loud, he might anger the red haired captain because he is quite sensitive to those kind of adjectives.

"by the way, where is Shizune? Since she's from Tokyo, she might know the best place"

"ara? Isn't Sei-chan from Tokyo too?"

"I don't have any interest in these things so I know less about them"

"is that so.."

"so? Where is Shizune?"

"oh, she went to look for Hayama to hand him the list for the camp"

"I see…" I'll just discuss this matter with her later on…

"geez, Hayama-senpai…You could've called for help"

"but— I couldn't reach my phone in this position"

Hayama Kotaro was in the library trying to reach for a book on the top shelf when it suddenly fell, causing him to get crushed by the shelf and unable to move since. Lucky for him, it crossed Shizune's mind that he might be in the library and she found him there. Currently, she's trying to get the shelf off him.

"have you tried something called shouting?"

"it was silent so I thought it'd be a waste of time—"

The girl couldn't help but sigh at his naïve reason. Finally, the shelf was removed from on top of Hayama and he instantly stretched to ease his aching body. He was trapped under it for a few hours.

"phew— thanks, Shizu-chan~"

"don't mention it. seriously, don't"

"so, whaddya need me for?"

"here."

"oh, the list, huh? thanks again!"

"no pro-" a red coloured paper caught the brunette's eye and she bended over to pick it up. After reading the contents, her eyes lit up and an excited grin formed on her face. The male beside her blinked and peeked over her shoulder to take a look at the paper. His expression quickly turned the same as Shizune's and they both shouted in unison.

""got to tell this to Akashi!""

"Sakura High?"

Akashi raised an eyebrow when he finished reading the contents of the red item the excited two brought to him.

"you're suggesting to use this abandoned school as the venue for the test of courage?"

"yea. I heard stories about it from my friends. Though I don't believe these kind of things actually exist, it sounds legit enough!"

"c'mon Akashi— the place sounds spooky enough, right? Let's use this place~ nee, nee~"

Completely ignoring Hayama's pleading, Akashi agreed when Shizune told him that it'll only take a 10 minute walk from the lodge to the school. The senior and junior high-fived in victory and Akashi immediately walked off, not wanting to stay and listen to what they were going to start talking about.

The day of the summer camp has finally arrived. The basketball club members chatted happily in the shinkansen which was headed to Tokyo. The ones who came to the summer camp were only the students. No teachers or any other adults so they were all acting like elementary students going on a field trip.

"woa~ we're going so fast!"

Hayama exclaimed happily, pressing his face on the window. Mibuchi, who sat facing him, shook his head fondly at the boy who was acting like a child and turned to glare at Nebuya who was snoring beside him.

"god, Hayama. Switch places with me! I can't take another second sitting beside him!"

The long haired male whined when the tanned male's head rested on his shoulder.

"eeh—? But Reo-nee—"

"switch with me, now!"

And that was how Hayama had to bare with all the drool Nebuya was smearing on his shoulder.

"Mibuchi-senpai, why didn't you sit next to Akashi? The seat beside him is empty, y'know…"

Shizune asked, trying her best to hide her overjoyed feelings of sitting beside her senpai.

"hm? Well unlike Sei-chan, someone needs to look after you guys. As much as I want to sit next to Sei-chan, I can't let you three out of my sight, you see?"

"as expected from Reo-nee!"

Hayama thumbs up-ed at Mibuchi's motherly statement while the girl beside him just stared in awe, gaining another shot from cupid's arrow.

'I don't think I have enough lives to live through all this…'

The lodge they were staying at was quite grand but it was in the middle of a forest. A creepy, dark, shadowy forest— but since it was in the evening, the place would look like that —which made the club members wonder why the hell Akashi chose the spot. Well, the place did scream summer and there's a beach which costs only a 15 minute walk from the lodge. Not to mention the so called abandoned haunted school which they were going to venture in.

There were also some other guests so it seems that Akashi wasn't the only one crazy enough to stay here. Once they checked in, the owner said that the main reason people come to their lodge is because of the hot springs they have. That explains everything— was what the club members thought.

After arranging their stuff in their respective rooms, the high school students grouped in the dining hall and helped themselves to the food served by the owner and his wife. Shizune was the last to head down to the hall because she spent time trying to find a way to not let any bugs enter her room from the open window which couldn't be closed.

'dear god, for the first time, please don't let there be any people dying here..I need my vacation too'

Just as she was about to enter the dining hall, a woman's bloodcurdling scream filled the whole lodge. Shizune's body twitch and couldn't help but mutter, "of course, that won't be happening, would it…"

The brunette reluctantly ran over to the source, praying that the person who screamed just saw a cockroach. Some other guests, including the uncrowned generals and Akashi followed behind her. In the hallway, she found a foreigner on the floor with her mouth gapped open and looking in fear towards a window.

"excuse me!" Shizune asked in English as she's an expert in the language. "did something happen, ma'am?"

"o-o-over there" the woman stuttered and pointed to the window. "s-someone without a h-head was walking outside!"

In that exact moment, the ones who went to check on the scream and heard the woman's trembling statement could feel a chill down their spine and their gaze automatically shifted from the woman to the window which only showed them the shadowy forest, its trees gently swaying in the wind adding an eerie effect to the current situation…

so...how'd I do?
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oh, from now on, the writings underlined and italic means they're speaking in English- o^o
thanks for reading!