Yami pursed his lips as he finally settled on his deck and typed in what he needed to add to his online deck for the week ends stream. The brothers had managed to come to some sort of understanding and worked up a diet that Ryou was to follow while he was staying to get more meat on him. It would take a while for it to take affect but since their parents were away for at least two weeks that the diet might be remembered and continued when he went back. Though Bakura just growled at the thought of Ryou going back to them that he stopped talking about it and focused on the now.

The trio were just sitting in the living watching some T.V, whilst they waited on their fourth member to come home. It wasn't till late afternoon when it occurred, Malik ignored them at first to get a towel for his wet hair as it had been raining rather heavily after they had gotten in themselves. He walked back in and grinned when he saw Ryou sitting next to Bakura. "Ryou! My little mouse how are you?"

Ryou was startled by the sudden appearance of Malik in front of him that other two chuckled at the action. "Ah hey Malik… I'm doing fine how's yourself?"

"Doing fabulous! My sister has been holding an Ancient Egyptian exhibition so I've been showing off my skills to those that don't know much about its culture. Plus my own to help with my story!" Malik was pretty much bouncing in excitement as he knelt in between Ryou's legs. Ryou looked to his brother for some help who just shrugged his shoulders and went back to leaning on his hand a bit amused by the situation. He looked over to Yami who just was just lying across the arm chair with his arms crossed trying not to be roped into Malik's hyperness. "How long are you staying for?"

"Erm… Two weeks?" Ryou tried to shrink himself into the couch as he felt he was being thrown into the deep end when it came to a hyper Malik after dealing with a mother hen of a brother. "If that's okay of course?"

"Of course! Also great news for me! Come on I need you for a little side project of mine that I know you will be able to help me with!" Malik stood up and grabbed Ryou's hand to pretty much pull him off the couch. "Come with me!"

Before Ryou could protest he was getting dragged out living area and upstairs. Bakura snorted and called after them "Don't break him Malik!"

"Promise! I know what you would do to me otherwise!" Malik shouted back quite happily as the two disappeared upstairs somewhere.

"Do you think we should have stopped him?" Yami tilted his head backwards to look at his British friend with a lop sided grin.

"Probably but did you really want to get in between Malik and an idea no matter how crazy it is?" He raised an eyebrow as a smirk appeared. Yami shook his head. "Thought not"

Yami chuckled as he tilted his head back up and snuggled back into his hoodie. "That for some strange reason reminds me. How did you sleep last night? Did the background noise help at all?"

Bakura was confused for a moment or two before he remember the melody. "Yes it was rather soothing. But I have always thought raining was a soothing thing so I might be biased"

"If that the case I'll switch you with Malik's to see if that makes any difference. If they both work I'll just loop them together and give the viewers the option of an hour video or something." He got a grunt in response and he looked out the window to see the droplets running down as the rain pitter pattered against it. "Rain can really be soothing can't it"

Bakura glanced up and watched what Yami was looking at and since he couldn't be seen he smiled as he felt quite contented for once in his life. "I'm thinking of making Bolognese tonight. Any preference on the pasta or spaghetti?"

"Do we have some of the bowtie ones left?"

"Mm hmm"

"Then could I have those please?" Bakura smiled as he stood up and went over to ruffle Yami's hair cause him to hiss and pat at his hair to fix it again. "Don't do that!"

His smile turned into an evil grin as he grabbed Yami into a head lock and noogied him to mess up the hair even more. He cackled as Yami fidgeted and tried to get out of the hold that when he let go Yami ended up slumped on the floor. "Owh how the mighty have fallen Pharaoh"

"Screw you. Thief" Yami glared from his curled up spot on the floor but ended up laughing "I'll get you and your little dog too!"

Bakura laughed as well as he headed for the kitchen not even bothering to help his friend up. "I don't think Malik would be happy to be called a dog"

Yami snorted as he uncurled himself from the floor and went back to lying across the arm chair again. He reached over to get his tablet from the coffee table and snuggled back into a comfortable position. "If we nurtured him do you think he would calm down?"

Bakura thought about the prospect and chuckled once again. "He'd still have the energy and then go after your balls"

He winced and curled up on himself. "Suppose he would."

"Suppose who would do what?" Malik had appeared downstairs closely followed by Ryou who looked a little worse for wear but didn't appear to be unhappy.

The other two glanced at each other sharing a secret message before saying "Nothing!"

It's raining men!
Hallelujah!
It's raining men! Amen!

Yugi was prancing around his room as he hovered up to 'it's raining men' He couldn't remember when he got it but he had gotten it from Ryou and was amused enough to keep and play it every so often when was doing clean up.

Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be

He snickered as he remembered watching 'Mary Poppins' for the first time with his British friend, it had been just them, so Ryou was quite comfortable to sing along with the songs. It had surprised Yugi how enthused his friend was especially when it came to the song 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' that he had to look up the words so that he could sing along with him. It was a fun bonding moment between the two of them. So much so that they would have a Disney night by themselves, sometimes Tea would join them too but it was mostly to themselves.

With a happy grin he went about cleaning up his desk by his bed where he had kept his notes of late night musings. He paused at a little doodle he had done of Yami that he had to roll his eyes at himself before scrunching it up then putting it in the waste basket. He shuffled through the rest of his musings putting them in a useful and not useful pile and when he was happy again he moved on to picking up his clothes to put them in the laundry basket.

He's a tramp, but they love him.
Break's a new heart every day.
He's a tramp, they adore.
And I only hope he'll stay that way…

When Yugi caught on to the lyrics he couldn't help but laugh and think of Team Exodia. He couldn't lie that they all had different characteristics that all the fan seem to love and adore about them. He himself included felt the same way when he first started watching them. Raising them to a level above him too but after talking a bit more with Yami he remembered that they are as human as everyone else. Yugi ran a hand through his hair as he went over to his CD and thought maybe he could get them to do the Disney challenge on the livestream instead of him just asking riddles.

He stopped the music before it went on to the next song and let his room with his laundry basket. It took him a moment or two to get downstairs as he didn't want to trip or fall but managed to get to the laundry room and get things sorted. When he was finished his phone started to vibrate in his pocket. Frowning at it he picked up the unknown number. "Hello?"

"Yugi! I hope you don't mind but I got your number off of Tea" He tried to place the voice but realised that it had been Mai.

"Hi Mai. I suppose its okay but you could have just asked me for it. Is there any particular reason that you calling instead of emailing?" He switched the machine on and headed back upstairs so keep out of his grandpa's way.

"Apologise Yugi. I was wondering if you would meet me at today at all. After seeing Bakura's make-up video I am pumped to make my own to put them to shame!" Yugi laughed a little at Mai's competitiveness. "Please little Yugi?"

"Do you have a place in mind? And when?"

"I'll take you out for dinner. My treat! You can pay for drinks if you so wish but I'll pay for the meal. At the restaurant Sakura if you are familiar with it?" Mai was pretty much beaming down the phone that he really couldn't deny her.

"I know of yes. It isn't too far away but at what time Mai?"

"Well like I said dinner, so around six if that's okay with you?"

"That'll be fine" He looked at the clock and saw that he had a couple of hours to wait. "Is it just about the video or is there some other reasons that you would like to meet?"

"It's just about the video. I promise hun" He sighed in relief "Unless you want it to be about other things?"

He heard the teasing tone and had to laugh. "Just the video will be fine Mai!"

"Thank you Hun! I'll see you at Six don't keep me waiting little Yugi" He said his goodbyes as she did and cancelled the call with a smile on his face. Interesting night ahead of him anyways.

Six came around quicker than he thought he would that it surprised him that he was already sitting at the table with Mai on the other side of the table smiling at him with a twinkle in her eye. "You look lovely tonight Mai"

She giggled behind her hand before resting her chin on it again. "If I didn't know you any better Yugi I would have said you were flirting with me. But since I know you're not I thank you for the compliment"

Yugi smiled as he let his eyes glide over Mai's body in her purple body con dress and didn't really feel anything for it but could see that Yami was right that Mai was pretty much what any guy would look for. "Say it as I see it"

"Well you do look handsome tonight to Yugi. I don't know why you don't dress up more often." Mai sipped at her wine as Yugi's flamed a little. He didn't dress up often and just felt like doing it tonight since Sakura was a nice restaurant. He fidgeted with his shirt collar to make sure it was sitting proper as he tried to calm his face down. "Now you are just being adorable Hun"

At that he childishly stuck his tongue out at her electing a laugh to rise from her throat. The comment helped to calm his cheeks though to which he was happy about. Since cute or adorable were used on him more often he became desensitized to the words and how they would affect him. "Thank you Mai but shall we get back to the video planning?"

"Ah yes suppose we should" She leant back in her chair as their food came over smelling delicious. "This looks yummy. Do you mind us talking during eating?"

"Not at all" He smiled once again as he picked up the utensils and they ate as they talked.

"So have you figured out how we could go about the sexiness?" She nibbled on a piece of a piece of chicken.

"Well If I'm honest with you I had to go ask a friend of mine what he thought. He pretty much said that you embodied it because of the way you carry yourself and the curves." He grinned as blush had risen to Mai's face that he had to hold back a giggle of his own.

She tried to hide it by taking a sip from her wine as she looked up to the ceiling. "That wouldn't have come from your friend Joey would it?"

"Actually no" He didn't miss that her face had fallen at that. "It was from another friend but I'm sure if I had asked Joey that he could have had said something similar"

She smiled at that with a little wrinkle to her nose. "You and I both know that he wouldn't be able to put it in such a nice way"

"Maybe not but he might have been able to if given the chance" Yugi ate some more as he thought. "But to get back on topic. You said that you might want to dance a little in it?"

"Yes I would love to though I don't know my left from my right when it comes to dancing"
"We could ask Tea to join us? She might be able to help you with your moves"

"Owh I had almost forgot that she dances and wants to be a professional doesn't she. It would be fun having more people in the video. I do wish that you would appear in it as well Yugi" She touched his hand with a light squeeze.

"Maybe when I get my confidence someday I'll appear in a video but right now I'm happy with my privacy" Yugi patted her hand as she pulled it away. "Though I think I might have an idea for the video if you are willing?"

"Lay it on me Yugi" Mai smiled as she listened in to what he had planned and threw in a few suggestions but was pretty happy with what was a possibility for her video. "I love it"

"So you would be okay with Joey and Tristan being in it?"

"The more people in it to show case what I can do is of big help. It been awhile since we did a video together so I would be more than happy to let them join in. They can make up for the lack of Yugi love in my video" Mai teased causing Yugi to choke on his drink and thump his chest.

"Well at least we know what we are going to do next week and can seek out the resources that we need. I'll ask Tea, Joey and Tristan when they are free to help out if they wish to help out that is."

"I can't wait! Thank you Yugi" She smiled as she leant across the table to kiss him on the cheek and giggled once again when he blushed. He rubbed his neck as he felt embarrassed. Depending on the affection he was never really sure on how to handle it.

"It's not a problem Mai. Making videos and pretty much anything to do with them makes me happy and even more so when making them with friends. Makes the experience more enjoyable."

"I can certainly say that after meeting you four that things have become more interesting" Mai finished her drink and the last of her meal as did Yugi. "I look forward to future endeavours"

"As do I" Yugi smiled contented with the way his life was turning out. Close friends, New friends, experiences, anything really was good and he was enjoying it to the fullest that he could.

Over at Team Exodia's house it was anything but peaceful as the three of them decided to do a spur of the moment livestream some multiplayer games in the living area. Ryou had been invited to join in but had decided against it and just watched from the dining room as it was open planned with only a pillar here and there to hold up the upstairs.

"Owh come on Scriber that's cheating!"

"You just suck Thief!" Malik stuck his tongue out as he turned with his wii remote to get his kart to turn as well. It was after all a full body experience.

"I do more than that when I'm in the mood" He purred out as he leant closer to Malik's ear causing him to squeak and nearly fall off the chair.

"I win yet again!" Yami laughed out as he crossed the finishing line in the game and was grinning at his friends. "Pharaoh four, you guys nill!"

The duo growled at him from the couch and sat back up to continue on with another game where it was just them two of them as Yami looked over the live feed. He looked up at his camera and grinned at the viewers. They had set up two so that one was looking at the couch so that people could see Bakura and Malik whilst there was a separate one for Yami on the arm chair. "Hey my lovelies how is everyone enjoy the unexpected stream?"

He looked back the screen to see the live comments and was pretty pleased that there was a fair amount and they were enjoying it. He clicked on a separate page to bring up new subs and started saying their names to thank and welcome them to the channel. Though he and the others had to chuckle at some of the names that were being used. "Now now we can't be taking our tops off cause of the new restrictions you guys know that"

Malik laughed "Try again on the charity stream and we'll see if we can work something out!"

Bakura snorted as he tried shoving Malik aside to get him to mess up. "Big mile stones for Photos of that kind of thing"

"You heard it lovelies! Check back on our charity steam this Saturday where we will have other YouTubers visiting in out the stream to help us raise money for the our chosen charities that will be known on Saturday. Hope everyone will be able to come and enjoy the stream." Yami smiled charmingly into the camera as he spoke. "It'll will be an all-day event and we will twitter when we have guests appearing. Also don't worry about missing out on anything as well will aim to put the whole stream up a few days after wards."

"Also for the whole week any money we receive will be going towards to the charity so there's plenty of time to give too after Saturday comes!" Malik chipped in as he struggled against Bakura's weight as he taller one decided to lean against him in order to be distracting. "Thief get the hell off of me damnit!"

Bakura then became dead weight on top of Malik and chuckled darkly. "Magic woooord!"

"Owh for Ra's sake get off of meeeee!" Malik struggled to get out from under him but jumped up when he crossed the finishing line with a cheer. "Yes! In your friggin face Thief!"

Bakura groaned as he landed face first onto the couch only to growl when Malik decided to sit on top of him in celebration. He didn't even bother trying to fling the other off. Yami took pity on him by turning of the couch cam and the game stream so his cam would become full screen. "Think that's for us today lovelies so that we don't end up strangling each other. So thanks for joining in on the surprise livestream"

He watched as the comments were saying thank you and not to strangle too much as well as some darns that they didn't make it. "See you guys in later videos or the next livestream! Bye guys!"

Yami ended the stream and slouched back into his chair with a low groan. As much as he enjoyed livestreaming he always felt exhausted afterwards. He rolled his shoulders and froze when he felt a pair of hands kneading them. He glanced back and relaxed when he saw it was Ryou. The younger one would normally freak him out from how silent he could be. Ryou smiled "Relax. You looked like you needed to work some kinks out. Just lean forward for me okay"

Yami smiled in thanks and did as he was told. Despite how frail Ryou looked he worked rather well with his hands. The younger one pushed in between Yami's shoulder blades a bit harsh but kept up the ministrations enough that it started to make his back feel better. "That feels good Ryou. You thought of becoming a masseur?"

Ryou laughed softly as he did a final swipe of Yami's back. "Touching sweaty bodies all day? I don't think so. I don't mind helping out my friends though when I can"

"Sweaty bodies aren't always that bad depending what is happening" Yami laughed as Ryou face flush a little.

"Are you hitting on my brother Yami?" Bakura was still lying under Malik so Yami wasn't really get the full effect of the glare that was being sent his way. Malik just to be ignoring everyone as he sat crossed legged on top of Bakura and was continuing to play with the Wii.

"Nooooooo…." He grinned but he knew better than to joke too much when it came to Bakura's brother. "Just a little conversation right Ryou?"

Ryou nodded and hide his smile behind his hand as he avoided his brother's gaze. "Thank you again for letting me stay here while my parents are away."

"Don't worry about it. It be nice to have someone else around other than these two" Yami waved his hand as he stood up and jog on the spot to fix his clothes back into place. "Going to retire now so I'll see you guys in the morning"

Everyone said night and Ryou decided to take his chair in his place not that he minded. Yami made quick work of getting upstairs and switching Malik and Bakura's music around before getting to his room. He sighed as he got himself ready for bed and noticed that he had received a message on his tablet. Settling himself into bed he picked it up and smiled as it was a message from Yugi.

Hey Yami! I'm sad to say that I missed your live stream as I was out with a friend for dinner to plan out a video. It was actually quite nice as she said it was her treat! So I only had to pay for the drinks so I'm quite glad about how things went. =) even though I would still have liked to have seen the stream!

Thank you for the advice that you had given me as it helped quite a lot. I'm glad that we have been able to become friends!

-Yugi

Yami smiled a little as he was glad also to be considered a friend. He pretty much ignored the dinner comment and just focused on the others things as he sent back a reply.

Well I'm sure as long as you are at the charity stream there could possibly be a repeat of what happened lol but like any multiplayer game we play it always the same outcome =p

I'm glad that I can count you amongst one of my friends. Especially as one of the ones that can keep me sane that's for sure =) Maybe as time progress we could hang out?

Yami-