Sweetness: Hello all. This is a fanfic I've been waiting to write. I hope I don't disappoint you and mess it up.

Again, this is sort of the sequel to "Sweetest of all." The one where Ryou and Bakura got married. (Hope you remember!)

Oh, and it would be extremely nice if you were to review after you read. It gives me motivation... and you know how I'm a beginner at this, I just like to get a little attention. Hehe! Anyway, here it is...

Dream with me

Chapter 1:

It was yet another perfect spring day. The sky was clear, the birds were chirping... and no one had been arrested. Yes, it was a perfectly lovely day in the city of Domino. But while the whole city was in a quiet hush of peace and solitude, there was one particular house that was in an uproar of chaos.

"What do you mean no?!" Malik yelled into the phone.

"What I mean, dear brother, is I will no longer be sending you any checks. You and your yami need to learn responsibility."

"Ishizu, we already learned responsibility! You can't do this!"

"Oh yes I can."

"How will we live?!"

"Get a job."

"What?! Why, I don't know the meaning of the word."

"Then you had better find a dictionary, because you're not going to be riding this gravy train any longer!" With that she hung up.

Malik slammed the receiver down and hopped back onto the couch with his yami. "I can't believe that woman..."

"So, when is Ishizu sending us the check?"

"She's not giving us a check... She said she's not going to send anymore money."

"What?!" Marik nearly fell off his seat, "How will we pay the bills!?"

"She told us to get a job."

"Excuse me?! Why, I don't know the meaning of the word."

"That's what I said..." Malik sighed, "So, what are we going to do? She's been sending us that money every month for over a year. And without it, we won't be able to pay the mortgage."

"Or the electric bill."

"Or the water bill."

"Or the phone bill."

"Dang, Marik. I never realized how many things it takes to live..."

"Neither did I. That's because that sister of yours paid them every month... Why did she stop?!"

"I told you. She said we needed to learn responsibility..."

"Well, I don't know what she's talking about. I have plenty of responsibility! I take care of you everyday."

"What?! I take care of you."

"Oh, whatever."

"It's true. Remember when you got arrested for stealing all the tubes of Vagasil from Kash n' Karry? Who's the one that bailed you out, huh? Me."

"It was Ishizu's money."

"But she sent it to me." Malik leaned back, "So, again. What are we going to do? The money's due in a week."

Marik shrugged.

"We could always become hobos."

"My body looks to good to be on the street dressed in rags."

"Hmm. Well, then what do you suggest?"

"I suggest..." he thought for a minute, "We should move."

"Move? To where? Everywhere we'd go, there'd still be bills to pay."

Marik grinned, "Maybe."

"What do you mean, maybe? Unless we lived with someone who would pay..." Malik finally caught on, "Marik, no!"

"Why not?"

"Because, number one... we don't have anyone to live with. And number two... well, actually... number two is the same as number one."

"What if we didn't have that problem? Then would you go along with it?"

"Well... uh, sure."

"Great." Marik picked up the phone and dialed some numbers. Ring, Ring, Ring!

"Who is it?" Bakura answered.

"Hey."

"Oh, hey Marik." His voice changed, "What's up?"

"Nothing. But I got a favor to ask."

"What?"

"Well, Malik's sister stopped sending us our checks. And as you know, we need them to keep living in our house and pay the bills."

"...Cut to the chase."

"Me and Malik want to live with you."

"What?!" Malik and Bakura's voices came together.

"Yup."

"Why me? Why not Kaiba? He lives in a mansion, for Ra's sake!"

"You're my friend, Bakura. And friends do little things for each other."

Bakura raised an eyebrow, "Like letting them live with you?"

"Exactly."

"Well, I'll talk to Ryou about it. But I'm not making any promises, Ishtar!"

"We understand." Marik's lips curved into a smile.

Marik hung up the phone and looked to his hikari, who was currently in a state of shock, "What's wrong with you?"

"You...you just told Bakura we wanted to live with him and Ryou!"

"Yeah."

"And you didn't discuss this with me in any way!"

"Yeah."

"Did it ever occur to you that I may not want to live with them?"

"Yeah."

"So what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Damn, I'm good."

Bakura was sitting on the couch wondering what Ryou would say about all this. He knew that Marik wasn't his favorite person, but Ryou did like Malik. Only reason being that he wasn't quite as reckless.

"Hey Bakura." Ryou walked in from the kitchen.

"Huh?" he was startled, "Oh...uh, hey Ryou. Can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead."

"Well, how do you feel about Marik and Malik? If you had to give your open honest opinion about them, what would it be?"

"Marik and Malik?" he sat down next to him, "I like Malik. He makes a lot of sense...sometimes. Marik's okay, I know he means well."

"So, you like them?"

"Let's just say they compliment each other very well. I guess that's how they get along so well."

"Alright... Can I ask you something else?"

"Yeah."

He shifted in his seat a little, "Can...can they come live with us?"

"..."

"See, Malik's sister stopped sending them checks... and now they have no way of paying the bills. Please, Ryou. They won't be any trouble, I'll take care of them myself."

"Bakura! You're acting as if they were puppies. They're much worse! They'll tear this apartment apart!"

"No they won't. You said yourself, Malik makes a lot of sense."

"Sometimes. And it's not him I'm really worried about. It's Marik, he's always dragging Malik into strange adventures! And they end up in some kind of trouble."

Bakura put his most seductive face on and pleaded with Ryou, "C'mon, angel. I promise they won't go on any wild adventures or get into trouble. I'll watch Marik myself, and Malik."

"Umm." Ryou hesitated, "Well... okay. But the second they mess up, they're out of here!"

"Thank you, Ryou." He kissed him, "I swear you won't be sorry."

"Why is it that I disagree?"