Makoto never thought her first relationship would begin with a broken nose and a trip to the ER, but when she mistakes the new transfer student as a stalker, things take a turn for the worse. To get her actual stalker off her back, she convinces Akira to be her fake boyfriend. What was supposed to be a one time thing eventually turns into more when her friend, Eiko, gets involved with him. Their differences will either bring them closer together or tear them apart as Makoto's naivety threatens to put her in danger in an unfamiliar world. ---------- A story that aims to find out how would the lives of the characters in Persona 5 would be different if there were no Personas and no Metaverse. A compilation / expansion of two works published in AO3: "The Delinquent and his lover", written by Jpanlver, and "The Delinquent ans his lover: Continuation" written by me.