WARNING: THERE IS A DEAD BODY DESCRIBED BEYOND THIS POINT.

Title: My Roommate

Fandom: Naruto

Urban Legend: The Roommates

Pairings/Characters: Sasuke, Asuma/Naruto

Word count: 1086

AN: Just reposting things.

Staring at his screen Sasuke frowned lightly as he tapped at a few keys, Naruto using his mouse to do something on his own computer screen. It was their Christmas vacation during their second year of college, neither male wanting to go back to their family homes for their own personal reasons.

For Naruto, it was because Iruka's boyfriend had finally wrangled some vacation time for them and was taking Iruka to some small cottage in the middle of nowhere to enjoy their time alone. He knew how hard it was for Kakashi to do that with his job so he didn't mind staying at the college.

For Sasuke, he just didn't want to mess with his parents and their constant questioning of him and why he wasn't dating.

Snorting at an e-mail that had come through, Sasuke shifted and eyed the pile of books that consisted of his course load for the next semester. Naruto had a pile of books himself, one already propped open on a pillow next to his bed, but by the looks of it the blond was hardly paying attention to it. Sighing, the black-haired male shifted and laid out on his belly, sprawling out comfortably. His roommate barely glanced up when he moved, the two occasionally breaking the silence of their room as they talked about what they were looking at or what they planned for the next two weeks.

After all, they had the dorm hall to themselves since their other dorm mates had gone home for Christmas vacation, leaving them alone for the most part. Several hours later as the night grew long, Sasuke hummed and set aside his laptop, standing up and stretching slowly, Naruto looking up from his notes on the Greek civilization, having to work on an essay for a year long class of his.

"What's up?" Naruto asked, blinking at the time. Sasuke smiled and shook his head as he grabbed his keys and wallet.

"I'm hungry so I'm gonna head on down to the cafeteria for something to eat since I have the keys," he replied, getting a nod along with a worried look.

"You sure that you should be heading down this late?" Naruto asked, watching Sasuke roll his eyes and glare at him as he opened the door.

"I'll be fine. I'll be back in a few minutes," came the promise before the man headed down the hall, the room door closing behind him. Soon Naruto found that his day was starting to catch up to him and decided to change into his night clothes. Leaving on a small light for his roommate when the man finally made it back, the blond slipped into bed and sighed happily as he curled up under his blanket, ready to sleep.

It was a gurgling moan, one that spoke of something wet in the lungs, that woke him from his half dozed state, blue eyes wide as he looked to the door as the moan slowly tapered off. Soon a dragging sound came from beyond the door, one that made Naruto remember all the horror movies that he had watched over the years and the sound a dead body made as it was dragged. Shivering, the blond whimpered as he realized that he wouldn't be able to lock the door since Sasuke had taken the keys with him and his own were in the lost and found at the moment.

Sliding out of bed, he slowly stepped towards the door, cursing himself for a monumentally colossal fool for even thinking of the door, he fell back onto his ass as a scratching noise started, coming from the door. It kinda reminded him of when his long-gone cat had scratched at the door, before it had finally succumbed to the Grim Reaper of kitties.

Swallowing, he quickly ran for the closet, shutting himself inside of it, feet planted against the door and panting softly as the scratching continued. Wondering where his friend was, Naruto grabbed onto the bat they kept in the rooms and waited for something to happen, wondering if he would end up dead that night or if he was being pranked by someone.

It was a long time before he was able to sleep, the scratching still filtering through the two doors, making him shiver in fear. When he woke once more, there were no more sounds coming from the door as he slipped out of the closet. Not wanting to open the door just yet, the slim male went over to the window and poked his head out, looking around before spotting Asuma, the campus mail man and martial arts trainer.

"Asuma-san! Come here please! Something happened but I'm not sure what it is!" Naruto called out, waving at the older man. Getting a nod as the large man ran towards the dorm, the lean male quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a shirt, wringing his hands as the sounds of pounding feet reached his ears. When they came to a sudden halt, that made him worry.

"Asuma-san?" he called from his side the door, listening to the teacher curse and the very faint sounds of a cell phone being used.

"Just…stay in there, Naruto, just stay put," Asuma called out, making Naruto frown in worry. Moving to the door, hand on the knob before he shifted on his feet.

"Is everything okay?" he asked, turning the door, hearing to late the 'Don't come out here!' that came from the instructor. Seeing Asuma standing there with wide eyes and a pale face, Naruto frowned even more before looking down.

A piercing screech ripped through the air as the blond dropped onto his ass once more, scrambling backwards as he started to sob at the sight that greeted him. Asuma jumped over the puddle of blood that surrounded Sasuke and slammed the door, pulling Naruto into his arms as he called the police.

The poor boy's roommate had ended up the victim of a very clever assassin as they had found out later during the investigation. A hatchet had been buried in his head, making it seem as if it had been some random murder that had come around with thoughts of blood or destruction. But the very fact that Sasuke had scratched at the door and had been allowed to until his fingers were bloody stumps had shown the cops that it wasn't some psycho out to chop someone into little pieces.

Either way, Sasuke was dead, Naruto had a single room for the rest of the years that he went to college and had found a lover and confidant in the strong arms of Asuma. He still had nightmares of seeing his best friend laying in a pool of blood, eyes blank and skin paler than a vampires, but every time he did, Asuma was there to hold him and sooth him back to sleep.