"Wasabi man!" She suddenly exclaimed as it hit her like a lightning bolt. "Huh, so he wasn't lying about being such a big deal." She mumbled to herself as she leaned closer to the screen before giving a small nod to herself. "Yeah, that's definitely them."

"Wasabi man?" Kyoya raised a brow at this sudden outburst, the rest of the club including Rin equally confused by her reaction to the photo.

"Yes, him," she pointed to the white-haired leader. "I saw him and him," she pointed to the raven-haired leader of the other band. At first it was a bit troublesome to remember exactly, but once she had remembered where she had seen them in the flesh it all came back like it was never lost.


A few weeks back she had been told to take the day off or else she would be suspended from her duties, her diligence admirable but some time for her to rest was equally important to the Chibana children. She had reluctantly agreed to the command given by Rin which was only supported by her brothers and left the property to enjoy some shopping. A few important dates were coming up in her family, so she took the time now to look for presents ranging from congratulations to happy birthday as well as simple tokens for her next visit home for everyone. Though she was out on her own, her habit to survey the area and make sure everything was clear played out everywhere she went. It was second nature to her. Everything was fine until she went to the bookstore.

It was not anything fancy or out of the ordinary. The only difference being it was the largest of the ones in the area. She browsed through the children's section, looking at the titles of books she had bought for her younger siblings before and compared to others that she was considering buying if there was no sequel. She had done a quick sweep of the entrance and area, only looking once she was assured it was clear. Once she settled on her selection she moved to the next section for the next sibling, and continued for all her sibling who were interested in books.

She had noted two handsome men walking about the store, grabbing the attention of the other women in the store. At first, she paid it no mind when something had caught her attention. Her gaze followed them silently over the top of the books she held until they had turned into an aisle and like clockwork someone else followed them. Normally she would consider it a coincidence, however every move they made the little shadow did the exact same.

Instinctively she intended to move closer to the two, possibly get a better understanding of the situation without catching any attention herself. By chance they had come down the cooking aisle opposite from the opposite end. The two young men were lost in their own conversation as the young woman dressed in unassuming clothing came soon after. The cap she wore was pulled low to cover her face as fiddled with her phone and glanced at the books before her, she was pretending to look for a book. Zaina knew instantly what was going on since many have tried to get close to Rin when she would go out for shopping.

She watched at the stalker moved closer, snapping silent pictures of the two oblivious men as they talked about some books they were holding. Seeing them so preoccupied, she moved closer still. The way her eyes darted around made it clear she was nervous but Zaina felt no pity for her. Stealthily she left the aisle and came up behind the girl just as she began to make her move, reaching for the whitehaired one. Zain grabbed her elbow to yank her back and knocked the back of her knees to drop her to the ground, making the stalker girl shriek. The sound caught the attention of customers and employee alike as the two men turned to see what happened next to them.

"Not today," Zaina said firmly as she held the girl down and kept a knee on her back to keep her still with both wrists in her hands. She noted a different phone on the floor next to the girls and carefully picked it up. "Is this your phone sir? I'm sorry to startle you, however this young woman was stalking you throughout the store it seems. As rare as having a stalker may be, you should be more aware of your surroundings. Anything can happen to anyone after all." She gave a polite smile. "It's seems she may have been taking quite a few pictures of the both of you as well. I'm sorry your day was disturbed."

When security finally came, she let the stalker go and the gave all the needed information to them before they moved on to the two young men.

So much for a carefree day, but I did get to help someone out. She thought as she picked up her forgotten basket and made sure everything was still there before moving to another aisle. As she looked through the new section, she heard a male voice speak up beside her.

"You're the one that saved us, right? Aren't you going to wait for us to thank you?" She turned to see it was the two from before, the raven-haired one the first to speak.

"Huh? Why? I just did what came naturally to me." She raised a brow at him.

"So, you helped us, lectured us, and then planned to just walk off like nothing happened?" The white-haired one spoke with an air of amusement at this storyline. "Why would doing something like that come so natural to you anyway? Is it because you realized who we are?" He whispered the last question.

Lectured…did I? Agh, I treated them like I would any of the elite! I went into full bodyguard mode, didn't I?! "About that, I didn't mean to lecture you…sorry. Y-you see, I work as bodyguard and well…force of habit." She scratched at the back of her head. "Hm? Realize who you are?" She blinked at the two of them, studying them more closely now. The two stood there, watching and letting her take in their presences with confident smiles that she would be able to tell who they were in an instant, but that realization never came and they both looked at one another in confusion.

Fashionable, kind of like popstars…though how anyone can wear idol style hair daily is beyond me. Kids these days, no sense of embarrassment. She mentally sighed at this fact. That aside, I know they aren't students from Ouran or the last academy…they don't seem to be of any family that's acquainted themselves with the Chibana family or any up and coming family that's caught attention. Her gaze then fell on the recipe books in hand and noticed they all had something to do with wasabi. "Are you…a big wasabi fan?" She finally spoke up.

"Wasabi fans? What, where would you get that idea?" The raven-haired one frowned but looked to the books they held that Zaina was now pointing to before laughing. The white-haired one started to laugh also as he looked down at the books.

"Aren't you an interesting one! You really don't know who we are, hm? Well, knowing us or not we can't just leave what you did for us left unrewarded…if you ever think of something, anything at all, give me a call." He smoothly pulled out a card and scrawled a number onto the back. "My name and number," he winked at her as the other male produced his own and handed it to her as he grabbed her hand and kissed her knuckles.

"Call me," he left the invite open as he walked away with his friend and left Zaina standing there with two cards in her hands and utterly confused.

What was that all about? Vive Gravity? Procel-what? Are they from some sort of science tech company? Why should I know them? Oh, maybe they're producers? Yamato might know them? They look like the showbiz type with their looks and confidence. Ah well, I'll ask him later. I need to get these books down. With the thought tucked away for, she resumed her tasks and returned to the household by evening as told but had forgotten all about the encounter with the two odd males.


"Zaina," a voice drew her out of her thoughts and she turned to see Takashi had called out her name. She then looked to see that all of them were staring at her waiting.

"My apologies, I was just gathering my thoughts. They were out in public doing some shopping I guess? Maybe just having a date of some kind? I can't say for sure, but either way I met them and caught someone stalking them. I had no idea they were special…I thought it was someone who was trying to hurt them honestly, so I intervened. They were grateful for my help but didn't seem to believe I had no idea who they were. They gave their cards insisting I call them if I ever need anything. Porcelain, I think was the name? Of one of them anyway…it was something with a 'p' that I can't pronounce, and this was the other one." She pulled out two business cards from her wallet, one matte black with white script and the other white with glossy black script. Each bore one of the names of the bands they were looking at currently.

"I thought you said you didn't know them." Kyoya turned to Rin who was frowning.

"I don't, at least I don't recall being there with her when this all happened. When was this?" She pressed Zaina.

"My forced vacation day that was a few weeks ago." She answered.

"Forced vacation day?" Hikaru repeated the words.

"Yes, she hadn't taken any vacation days or sick days. So much so that my brothers and I had to literally command her to take the day of or be suspended from duty and take a longer leave of absence." Rin answered, scowling at Zaina. "She's racking up to another one pretty quickly already."

"She's always been a hardworking though," Haruhi smiled at Zaina. "I'm not surprised you had to force her to take a break. You really should relax more often."

"Not you too Haruhi," she sighed.

"Well, that all aside. It seems we have an unlikely connection through Zaina." Kyoya spoke up to bring them back on topic but also to get Tamaki to call the shots being that he is president.

"Yes, this is a blessing in disguise! Commoners have always been resourceful as I've said time and time again! I knew a maiden like yourself would lead us to such great fortune!" Tamaki strode over to Zaina who easily dodged his embrace with a side step and bowed. "You shall call them for us, won't you? Ask them to assist us with the theme give any advice we may need to sell the look?

"You're too kind," she smiled when the twins made an identical buzzer sound and held signs marked with a large red 'X'.

"Your Lady said you had to act like a normal student while at school. You're still at school and we aren't hosting anyone." They pointed out and she scowled at them a little for being so nitpicky.

"You're absolutely right, My Lady did tell me to do that." She gave in and looked back to Tamaki. "I'll make sure they come help the Host Club. When would you like them to come?"

"I can give you the dates tomorrow." Kyoya assured her. "You can coordinate with that information, I'm sure they'll be busy, a response may come in a day or two." Of all the luck, how did she end up helping someone we need? Someone none of us have connections to no less! Even the Chibana family wasn't too familiar with them. They just keep getting more and more interesting. He thought to himself as the meeting ended and the group all left to their respective cars that awaited them at the entrance.