"HEY DUMBASS WAKE UP THE FUCK UP!" A voice thundered, only Katsuki could hear it though. He figured that out a long time ago. He knew he was alone with this, they didn't have to tell him that. They did tell him though that if he did ever go to someone about this, they'd label him crazy and he'd lose his opportunity to be a hero. After all who wants to be protected by someone who's crazy?

Katsuki opened his eyes to be face to face with a man with shaggy black hair and mismatched eyes. His left eye was a darker brown and his right eye was an amber color. Katsuki quickly avoided eye contact, so he wouldn't run the risk of further angring him. Salem was still pissed about Katsuki's 'victory' at the Sports Festival. "Mornin', Salem," Katsuki whispered.

"Good fucking afternoon to ya, fuck up," Salem hissed. He grabbed Katsuki's chin and forced him to look him in the eyes. "Listen here you little shit, Lilith told you that you had to win properly and you let her down. You know what that means, don't ya?" Salem growled, his eyes gleaming with murderous intent.

Katsuki nodded, every time he messed up he was given some kind of punishment. They ranged from them hurting him or him being forced to hurt others. After all, that's what happened with Deku. Salem got mad at Katsuki for something, he can't even remember what, and Katsuki's punishment was to hurt Deku and cut off their friendship. Katsuki taking on the roll of Deku's middle school bully probably spared Deku from seeing the worst of him. At least, that's what he's always told himself.

"So, what punishment would you like, Kacchan? Kidding! You don't get to pick," Another voice giggled. Katsuki hated that she called him Kacchan and she knew it, that's why she did it. Lilith, she may be childlike, but she was a cruel bitch. She was usually the one who would just straight up attack him or she'd ask Salem to do it. Salem loved watching Katsuki suffer so he almost always said yes.

Katsuki starred blankly into her pink eyes, he wasn't sure what kind of reaction she wanted so he didn't react. Which was a mistake. Her eyes narrowed at him, "Oh, our precious little Katsuki thinks he can ignore me! That's really annoying. Who said you could do that, huh?! YOU'RE GONNA PAY YOU USELESS BRAT!" Lilith snapped as she launched herself at Katsuki. Katsuki knew better than this, but he kept making the exact same mistakes every time.

Salem's laugh filled the room as Lilith unleashed a barrage of attacks on Katsuki. She clawed at his arms, stomach, and even his throat. If Katsuki fought back it would just make things worse, so he let it happen. He let her attack him until she was content.

After what felt like an eternity Katsuki's mother shouted from downstairs, "Katsuki, you're gonna be late for school, get up already!"

"Liltih, knock it off before his mom comes up here! If she sees him like this we're screwed," Salem hissed. Lilith growled, but left Katsuki alone nonetheless. "Get cleaned up and go downstairs, don't breath a word of this, understand?" Salem commanded.

Katsuki nodded and did as he was told. If he was lucky they wouldn't bother him for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, today he just doesn't seem to be that lucky.

. . . . .

It was hard for Katsuki to think straight; on his was to school he was being followed by rats. Of course they weren't visible to anyone else, it was like with Lilith and Salem. The rats would try to climb up his pant legs or try to bite or scratch him. He knew Lilith was pissed, but she didn't have to be a bitch about it. Though, he was surprised, rats weren't usually Lilith's style.

Even now, in the middle of a lesson, he was still being tormented. He was trying to keep himself composed, no one can know anything is wrong. He had to resist the urge to attempt to attack the rats climbing all over him. He wanted to scream at them to leave him alone, but if he did anything it would just get worse. That's how it always was. Katsuki felt a small wave a relief when all the rats suddenly ran away.

He didn't even realize Midnight had come into the room, though after a moment it made sense. They had to pick their hero names. "You should let us come up with your hero name," he could practically hear Salem's smirk. He should've known they were here when the rats ran off.

"Yeah, Kacchan! We'll come up with a good hero name for you," Lilith cheered in agreement.

He knew it was a bad idea, but it's not like he had a choice.

Which is why he had to act totally serious about the name 'Lord Explosion Murder', he hated it. Why couldn't they let him call himself 'Nitro' like he had wanted? And to make matters worse they also had to pick who they're interning under today as well. He just knew they were going to pick for him as well.

He hated not having control.