makoto's family owns a book shop that usually just sells japanese literature and supplies, and very few english books if the demand in the market is high for them.

not sure if you'd a) like for them to have a proper business relationship in regards to selling his novels, or b) have tony and makoto's dad have had a dumb fall out and makoto's dad be like "your novels are not good enough for my shop" aka a dumb adult fight

makoto casually like "your books are okay?"