This is the finally chapter to this story. This was meant to be more of an 'epilogue' then a full chapter, but, as it turns out, it's pretty long.

Thank you to everyone who continued to read my story. It means a lot to know that there are people out there who enjoy reading my work.

I'm focusing on finishing 'Dark Woods Circus' before uploading any new fanfics. If there is a request out there, or a suggestion, let me know. I would be more than happy to consider it.

At the moment, for my new fanfic, it's a tie between 'Ouran High School Host Club' and 'Soul Eater'.

I will leave it up to you guys to decide which one I do next. Both have been started, but I wont really focus on any yet. Like I said, I want to finish 'Dark Woods Circus' before starting any new ones.

Again, thank you for reading 'Love Behind Screen Doors' and I hope you continue reading my future works.

Until next time, see ya~!

Love's Labours (Part 2)

- 5 months later -

Luka and Gakupo sit in Miku's apartment, watching the news as mention of they're relationship status rockets across the screen.

Luka groans in protest as she covers her face with a pillow, trying to hide herself from embarrassment while Gakupo searches for the remote franticly, forgetting in his frenzied search that he could just turn off the TV just as easily by pressing the button manually.

"Hurry and turn it off!" Luka cries in protest as the sound of the reporter reaches her ears.

"I'm trying, I'm trying!" Gakupo complains. "I just can't find the remote!"

"Well try harder!" Luka says when she hears the familiar (insert noise) of the TV turning off. Removing the pillow from her face, she looks up to see Gakupo still looking around for the remote.

"You should remember where you place things." A familiar voice says.

Luka turns around to see Kaito standing in the doorway, the remote in his hand while a small plastic bag hung in the other. She smiles meekly at him as Gakupo stops his frantic searching and looks up at the younger man. He smiles sheepishly up at Kaito before standing up and holding out his hand for the remote. Kaito returns the smile and places the remote in the outstretched hand.

Gakupo turns to Luka with a mischievous gleam to his eyes. "Luka~!" He says. "I fooouuund theeeeeeeeee remote!"

"Congratulations." Luka says. "And here is your prize." She flings the pillow that she was holding at Gakupo. The pillow hits him in the face then falls and lands in his outstretched arms.

"I would rather have a different kind of prize~!" He replies with a gleam in his eyes.

Luka rolls her eyes before looking up at Kaito.

"So," she says. "What are you doing here Kaito?"

"I could ask you guys the same thing." He replies as he places most of the contents of the plastic bag into the fridge. He then places the bag on the kitchen counter and walks towards Luka, before sitting down next to her. "What are you doing here?"

"We're hiding from the Gumi." Luka says. "The girl's gone crazy ever since Gakupo and I started dating."

"Have you ever considered the fact that your relationship is what's getting her all hyped up?"

"We've been dating for five months... You would think she would have become accustomed to it by now."

"Not everyone gets over things as easily as you can." Gakupo says as he returns to Luka's side.

She glares up at him, but the glare no longer looked menacing to the man but instead proved how much he truly understood his partner.

To anyone else, it looked like a glare of death.

"So, you guys just decided to chill in here then." Kaito says.

"Yeah, we thought that it would be the last place where Gumi would look for us." Luka replies.

"But it won't be for long." They hear someone else say.

Turning around to face the front door, they see Teto standing with her back against the door, panting. The trio stare up at the girl for a while as she stares back at them.

"What?" She finally asks.

"Nothing." The three mumble as she walks over to sit by them.

"So you're running away from Gumi too?" Luka asks.

Teto nods her head. "That girl, she's all over the place at the moment. She keeps on saying how wonderful that all of us are now in our own little elite group and how we're all like a family now. She also keeps on mentioning you two and how it was all thanks to her that you got together. I can tell you, it's getting a little tiresome, so I went to the one place where she would never think of looking for me. But it turns out, we all seem to have had the same idea."

"Hey! I came here to surprise Miku, that's all." Kaito says in his defence. "I was planning on spending the night with her."

They all look at him and then, as if reading each others minds, raise they're left brow as a crocked grin creeps onto they're face. Kaito reals back in surprise before glaring at them all in turn.

"It was an innocent intention, I swear it was." He says.

"Course it was." Luka replies.

"Completely innocent." Gakupo comments.

"As innocent as a young man can be." Teto says.

Kaito sighs as the door to the apartment opens again. They all turn to look at who was the next person entering into the apartment.

"Neru?" They all say in unison.

The blonde teen looks at them with a plain look before walking towards the TV. She looks around a little before turning to the small group. "Where's the remote?" She asks.

Gakupo holds it up as she snatches it out of his hands and turns on the TV. It was left on the station that had the news about Luka and Gakupo plastered over it, but now the programme had moved onto a different program, a game show. Neru sits on the couch and pulls out her mobile. There was a slight pause as she checks the time before she starts texting away to some unknown friend.

A knocking on the door startles the four sitting on the floor as a voice echoes from the side. "Hey Miku," they hear Len call. "I've lost my key to your apartment. Do you mind letting me in? I brought some cakes."

Kaito stands and walks towards the door, opening it up to stare down at the young teen. Len's expression was one of shock horror as Kaito glares down at him.

"What do you mean by losing a key to her apartment?" Kaito asks quiet menacingly.

Len begins to sweat drop as his outstretched hand begins to twitch. "Uhhhh, Miku gave me a key when she first moved in." Len explains. "She said that if I ever wanted to come over, that I was free too. I swear that's all it was!" Len holds up both hands in defence as the young man before him continues to stare down at him.

"Len meant no harm." Rin says as she walks towards the both of them. She holds up her own plastic bag with drinks in it. "We just wanted to chill with Miku, drink and have fun together. Where is she anyway?"

"She's out." Kaito replies, his anger subsiding as he walks inside the apartment. Rin follows after him with Len closely behind her, closing the door as he enters. But a foot gets in the way, causing the door to open and reveal Haku who sleepily stumbles into the apartment, followed by an eccentric Meiko with a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a bag of more drinks in the other. "Hey!" Meiko complains. "Why are you guys having a party and forgetting to invite me?"

"Don't you mean us?" Haku corrects as she slumps onto a kitchen chair.

"This isn't a party!" Kaito, Luka, Gakupo and Teto retort in unison.

Meiko looks at them all before smiling her drunken smile at them. "But everyone's here." She says.

"Except Gumi." Teto comments.

"What do you mean?" Haku replies. "Gumi's sitting right behind you."

Everyone freezes as Teto looks behind her to see the green haired woman stare back at her.

Teto jumps up in shock as Gumi rolls on the floor laughing.

Luka and Gakupo also jump in surprise.

"When did you get here?" Kaito asks, not jumping at the sudden realization that Gumi was in the apartment, but still surprised none the less.

"I've been here the whole time, duh!" She says through her fits of laughter.

"But when did you get here?" Kaito asks again.

"Like I said, I've been here the whole time. I knew you guys would come here to hide from me, so I decided to hide in here and wait for you." She laughs again. "Man, I can't believe you actually didn't notice me the whole time! I should become a ninja or something."

"Don't think too highly of your stealth skills Gumi." Neru says as she nudges the girl with her foot.

"So when does the drinking start?" Meiko asks.

"You're already drunk, Meiko. I can smell the alcohol on your breath." Rin complains as she pinches her nose.

"You still need to tell me why you have a key to Miku's apartment." Kaito questions.

"I told you: she gave it to me and said that I was free to come over at any time." Len says in his defence.

"Is there anything interesting on the TV right now?" Teto asks.

"Nah, just seems to be a game show right now. Quiet boring actually." Luka replies.

"If your so bored Luka, I could help 'entertain' you." Gakupo says with a mischievous gleam to his eye.

"Urgh... I don't feel too good." Haku comments as she slumps her head onto the table.

"What is going on in here?" Miku yells from the doorway.

All conversations in the apartment cease as all eyes fall on the green haired teen as she stands in her apartment doorway. Silence was the only answer she received before everyone started explaining there reasons for being in her apartment at once.

"You see, we were trying to hide from Gumi who..."

"... and so I said 'Why don't we go see Miku?' So Luka and I..."

"... it wasn't my idea to let everyone in, they were here before I got here..."

"... she went on and on about this whole 'Vocaloid' thing..."

"..."

"... and I brought some cake to share with us..."

"... told me he was coming over so I decided to come with some drinks and..."

"... heading to my apartment but Meiko saw everyone coming in so she dragged me..."

"... and we saw them having this massive party and I wanted in so I..."

"... hiding and waiting for them to come and they were so surprised, you should have been here!"

"All right, all right, calm down everyone." Miku says. "I can't make out a word any of you are saying! Try talking one at a time next time so that I can understand you all."

"Sorry Miku." They all says in unison, even Neru who didn't say a thing during the whole conversation.

"But I have to say," Miku says as she walks into the kitchen. "I don't think I'll have enough food for everyone."

"Then it should be fine if we get take out." Rin says. "Besides, its been a while since we all ate together, right?"

Miku smiles and nods her head.

"Then it's decided," Luka says as she picks up the phone. "We'll get take out and all have dinner together."

"Len, how many cakes did you bring?" Teto asks.

"I brought a lot, actually. I think there should be enough for everyone to have at least two." Len replies.

"How about you, Rin." Kaito asks. "Did you bring enough drinks?"

"Yeah. I brought heaps, cause I know that if there are any leftovers, I can always leave them here." Rin replies with a smile.

"Hey! Don't treat my home like a personal storage room." Miku complains.

"How much alcohol did you bring?" Gakupo asks Meiko.

"We brought enough to get ten people drunk!" Meiko retorts.

"By your standards, or by the average persons standards?"

"Hm? By mine of course!"

Gakupo hangs his head in despair at this realization as Meiko pulls out a bottle of strong vodka.

Haku had already fallen asleep at the table, her head tilt to the side.

Neru was still texting away, but soon decided to help Miku i the kitchen. She wasn't ruled by her mobile, she just liked to text people... a lot.

Luka smiles as she looks at all of her friends. Gumi was right: they were like a family.

Gakupo spots Luka smiling and inches closer towards her. "Luka," he says. "Why are you smiling?"

Immediately, Luka's smile disappears as she turns to look at her partner. "I don't know what you're talking about." She responds.

"Come on Luka, I saw you smiling just then. Don't try to hide it."

"I wasn't smiling you idiot."

"Yes you were, and I could see it."

"Maybe it was your imagination."

Gakupo leans in close and kisses Luka on the cheek. This causes Luka to blush as she looks down. "But I don't think so." Gakupo counters.

Turning slightly, Luka smiles briefly before returning the kiss Gakupo had given her, but decided to place it on his lips instead.

Every pair of eyes in the room were on them at that moment as all sounds of chatter stoped.

Luka glares at them as Gakupo smiles sheepishly. "No matter how many times I see it, it still looks weird." Miku says.

"And you think your relationship with Kaito was any different?" Luka retorts.

A crimson blush encases the teen's cheeks as Kaito laughs. "They're right." He says. "It was hard for everyone to get used to it. Give it time, and it'll grow on you."

"What, like a sore?" Teto asks.

"Or a boil?" Meiko adds.

"Or a wart." Neru mumbles.

Everyone erupts into laughter as they continue talking amongst themselves.

Luka and Gakupo smile at each other as Luka leans into her partner. "This is a change for the good, right?" She asks.

"Yeah, the best change there is." Was the reply she receives.

She smiles again as she watches her family before her.

"A story may end, but the sprit will always remain alive."

"What was that you said Luka?"

"Never mind. Just stop moving: it's hard to lean on you when you keep on changing positions."

He smiles down at her, a smile full of love and compassion for the woman before him. He kisses her forehead as he whispers into her ear, just low enough for just Luka to hear.

She smiles up at him and turns to whisper into his ear too.

Three little words hung in the air between them. The very same three little words that, until five months ago, they couldn't say to each other. Now, those three little words, which on they're own wouldn't hold the same significance as when placed together, was what they both where trying to say.

Just three little words.

'I

Love

You'