Bakugo sat in his room shaking, he was worried about what his mom would do to him. She's done a lot to him when he didn't do as she said, but this might be the worst punishment she plans to give him. He brought his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around his knees, he was scared. He's tough but he's terrified of his mother and for good reasons, his mother is brutal when she gets mad. "Katsuki!" Mitsuki growls, banging on his door, "open up!"

Bakugo stands up and opens the door, trying to stop his shaking, not wanting to show weakness. "Yes?"

"You disobeyed me, I told you, you aren't to see the Midoryia's, they're backstabbers, all they care about is themselves! You know what Inko did to me! You aren't allowed to eat and you are to go down to the basement for punishment, go now!"

Bakugo gulps and nods, making his way to the basement, not wanting to argue, afraid it'd make everything worse. He knows Inko didn't do anything to the old hag, it was all a misunderstanding, although the old hag refuses to listen to him about it and has developed a deep hatred towards the Midoryias. He goes to his usual spot in the basement and sits down, waiting for his mother, debating whether or not he should go to Deku's tonight or not.

About an hour later, Mitsuki walks down into the basement with a whip in her hand. She walks over to Bakugo who was sitting on the ground, his knees up close to his chest. Mitsuki walked over to him and sent the whip flying at Bakugo hitting him on the side. He grunts but bares through the pain, knowing if he made any movement to get free then she'd make it worse on him. She hit him hit after hit, not slowing down. It went like this for about thirty minutes before she steps back, "you will sleep down here for the night, and if you sneak out to Midoryia's house, I'll kill him!" She says, sternly, walking out of the basement, locking the door. Bakugo was in immense pain and was bleeding out of a few cuts as he curled up into a ball, doing his best to keep warm, slowly falling asleep from the pain he was in.

The next morning, Mitsuki stomps down into the basement, kicking Bakugo in in the stomach, "wake up! It's time for school."

Bakugo gasps, opening his eyes, quickly standing up, ignoring the pain, "Sorry, I'll go get ready now!" He says, walking as fast as he can towards his room to get ready. Once he got to his room, he quickly got dressed, making sure to cover up any wounds from his mother. Once dressed, he made his way to school, keeping his head down, hands in his pockets with a blank face, deciding to stay away from Deku. He cares about him too much to let him get hurt because of the old hag.

Midoryia makes his way to school, all the way thinking about Bakugo, he was worried about him. He didn't know how bad Bakugo's mom might have hurt Bakugo, hoping he's at school today. Midoryia gets to school and goes to his and Bakugo's secret meeting place, the one on the roof. They meet there every morning, so Midoryia just figured they'd meet there today, he didn't think today would be different. He sat on the roof, waiting for Bakugo to show up, checking his watch. He saw that he still had thirty minutes before class started. He sat there, bringing his knees to his chest, wondering if Bakugo would actually show up.

Bakugo arrived at school thirty minutes early. He wanted to go see Midoryia, but he knew he couldn't, he had to protect him, no matter what. Instead of going to their secret hideout, he makes his way to class instead. He sat down in his seat and laid his head down on his desk. He wanted to go see Midoryia so badly. He couldn't describe it but there was a feeling he felt when he was away from Midoriya. Class starts and Midoryia shows up at the last minute, this is unusual for him since he's normally five minutes early along with Bakugo, walking in at different times to keep the hoax up. He looked around and sat Bakugo, feeling a weird pain in his chest. He sat at his desk, pulling out his notebook, staring at it, just wanting to get his mind off all this.

"Kacchan!" Midoryia yells, running up to him after class ends.

"What do you want nerd?" He hissed, although Midoryia figured it was their game in action.

He pulls Bakugo off to the side and looks at him, "I want to help you, are you ok? What happened last night? You didn't meet up with me this morning, Kacchan, I'm worried about you!"

"If you wanna be a hero so bad, why don't you make it easier for yourself and take a swan dive off the roof? Maybe you'll have a quirk in your next life!" Bakugo hisses, yanking his arm away from midoriya, walking away.

"K-kacchan..." Midoryia mutters, "please stop...I-I don't like this game anymore..." He sinks to the floor, tears falling down his face as Bakugo just tch's and walks away, this is who he is now, being this way is the only way to protect Midoryia from the old hag. Something inside Bakugo breaks as he walks away trying to keep the tears in, he couldn't explain the feeling that he was feeling.

Midoryia stands up and walks in the opposite direction, going to their secret spot, not to do what Bakugo suggested but to eat and reminisce in the past, the past that is no longer the present. After school ends, Midoryia makes his way home, staring at the ground, not crying, not yelling, not saying a word. He doesn't know why he;s so silent, normally he'd be crying, but not this time, not anymore, his body's telling him he's done crying. He gets home, walking straight past his mom, ignoring her as he shuts himself in his room, throwing himself on his bed, ignoring everyone and everything.