Makoto Naegi's talent isn't luck, nor is it something he's proud of. As hard as he tried to hide it from the others, though, the police files reveal everything.

Makoto sat down at the kitchen island, his shoulders dropping, and let out a deep sigh. It was going to be extremely awkward to explain this to his friends. • Byakuya hasn't been able to get Makoto out of his head. He's fallen just as hard for Makoto as Makoto has for him. Luckily, he's a little better at hiding it, but after confessing, he finds ways to show his affection that Makoto would have never expected to come from Byakuya. • Hajime swore that he'd never end up like the kids in a romance novel who start out as best friends and end up dating. But, after realizing that he did, in fact, have feelings for his best friend, he wouldn't choose any other alternative. • Chiaki isn't big into romance, whether it's gaming or books, but when it comes to her friends, she's all out. She loves to tease them and push them together, often lighting the flame for their "little" crushes. But when she finds a twang of jealousy at Makoto after he recalls his first kiss, she thinks that she might have had someone in mind. Definitely not Kyouko Kirigiri. • Nagito is great at pretending like he hasn't ever thought of pressing his lips against Hajime's. But he isn't the best at hiding "accidental" bumps into Hajime, or hand brushes. He just hopes Hajime thinks the same. Otherwise, he's in a lot of trouble. • |I got the idea for the first chapter of this in a dream, and I'm going to take it from here. This is a non-despair AU, so there aren't any spoilers. The main ship is NaeGami, it is probably going to hold the longest parts of the story, followed by KomaHina, and just a little bit on KiriNami. After the first layer of these chapters are finished, I might go in and add a second layer to each of them, meaning that there would be ten total chapters. Enjoy!|

In a universe where Junko Enoshima never existed, Hajime Hinata and his fifteen best friends have just graduated high school. The sixteen of them decide not to start college right away, but to explore the world in the most natural way- Take a road trip. With a seemingly-unnatural car setup and Nagito Komaeda showing up twenty minutes early to pick Hajime up, Hajime is feeling unsure about this idea, taking a summer away from his family and running away. But, he soon learns that having his friends with him is the most comforting feeling of all, and the protection of just being together can outlast anything he'd ever felt before. Join Hajime Hinata and his friends for a road trip that leads all over the place- physically and emotionally. Notes: -The seemingly-lazily-made cover will be explained in the prologue. -The only spoilers for the actual SDR2 are in the note below. -Some of the characters are a bit OOC due to the fact that this is non-despair, so some of their qualities that were only available in despair au would have disappeared (-SDR2 SPOILERS- examples: Nagito doesn't ramble about hope, Izuru doesn't exist, Mikan is still quiet and shy, Akane isn't nearly as aggressive, Saionji doesn't tease the others, Twogami is his own person, Peko doesn't serve Kuzuryuu, ). -But also, in this AU, a few things that probably would have stayed the same have changed, considering that it's an alternate universe-- (-SDR2 SPOILERS-) Like Nagito's brain diseases and the fact that he's an orphan. Nagito's luck cycle is also not present as often, although he may be referred to as 'lucky' or 'unlucky' at points. -I'm going to try my best here, hope you like it!