Roommates
by Diana-san

Author's Note: Short chapter requested by someone on tumblr that I thought I would share with everyone here. Honestly, this was intended as a one-shot and then it became two and three... Maybe it's just going to be a collection of short, fluffy stories about Sasuke and Sakura being roommates.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

03. Body Pillow

Sasuke questioned the large lump in his bed as he stood in the entrance of his bedroom with a toothbrush in one hand. He stuck the toothbrush in his mouth as he began to brush the back of his teeth as his eyes narrowed at the questionable object.

Sakura had kept most of her things still in her own bedroom but had moved certain nighttime belongings into his room. He didn't mind the change in pillowcases from his usual plain navy blue case to a more flowery design. Or the fact that there was an extra pillow on the bed since Sakura had a thing for pillows. But the long body pillow was something that bothered him greatly.

First of all, where was it going to go at night? Was it meant to separate the two of them? That didn't make sense because everyone in the apartment knew that Sakura was a cuddler. He saw the body pillow as a hindrance and an obstacle if anything. It was not needed at all.

"Sakura," he called out to his roommate/cuddle buddy/whatever she wanted to be known as. "What is that thing doing on our bed?"

Our bed. That was a new term he didn't think he would ever use.

Sakura poked her head out from the bathroom with a face mask still on. "What thing? The body pillow?"

"Yes, what is it doing there? Aren't I enough?"

Sakura smiled as she walked over towards him. "Jealous?" she teased.

He scoffed. As if.

"It's taking up too much room," he argued.

She walked into the bedroom and picked up the pillow. "Okay, I'll set it down here then," she said as she placed it on the carpet floor near the bedside table.

She glanced up at him. "I was just worried that you'll get lonely when I'm at the hospital during my night shifts."

He scoffed again. "Lonely? I'm a big boy Sakura. I can handle a few hours of sleep without you."

She gave a small pout underneath her face mask. "I don't know. You gotten awfully clingy the past few nights."

He crossed his arms. "Are you getting tired of me?"

She laughed as she walked over to hug him from the front. "Never," she promised him.

"Okay, I'm off to my night shift," Sakura called out as she slipped on her shoes.

Sasuke nodded as Sakura planted a chaste kiss on his cheeks and waved goodbye. The door clicked behind her and soon the apartment was quiet again.

A few hours later, Sasuke laid in bed as he got ready to go to sleep. He glanced at the clock. Sakura wouldn't be home for another two hours. She was stuck on the night shift schedule for at least another week. Sasuke leaned on one arm as he rolled to his side and stared at the window. It was a full moon out and the moonlight shone down on his room. He reached out an arm and felt at the empty space beside him.

He didn't want to admit it but it did feel a little lonely. Just a little.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he tried to fall asleep. He counted sheep. He thought about his day at work. He repeated the stupid joke that Naruto told him over the phone that he still didn't quite understand. To no avail, he just couldn't fall asleep.

He opened one eye as he peeked out at the window again. His gaze moseyed downwards from the window as it rested on the body pillow sitting on its side against the wall.

With a cough, he sat up in bed as he stared at the pillow that seemed to be staring back at him. He shifted his body over to the other side of the bed as he reached over to grab the pillow off the ground.

"Ah, screw it," he muttered as he hugged the pillow and promptly went to sleep.

Sakura opened the door to the bedroom as she peeked in to see Sasuke sleeping comfortably against her body pillow. She smiled as she went over to her side of the bed and crawled underneath the covers. Sasuke felt her presence and slowly opened one eye as he whispered to her, "You're home."

She nodded but wasn't sure if he saw since the body pillow was between them. With a swift move, the body pillow disappeared as Sasuke tossed it over her and it landed on the ground with a soft thump against the wall.

He smiled as he pulled her in close to him.

"You used the pillow," she whispered back.

"Yeah, but I prefer the real thing," he said as he closed his eyes once more.