#makieli

so Eli was holding Nozomi in 2x8 and somehow Nozomi changed to Maki?!

“Eli and Maki at the mall, shopping for their secret santa gifts within the group. I think it would be a cute idea” request from anon.

EliMaki friendship. Implied UmiMaki. Sorry if I turned your hopes of EliMaki into something else!

A/N: Still taking requests! Thanks to @bcheddar13 for beta-ing!

“Why did we even agree to such a strict price range?” Maki grumbled as she browsed through the assortment of winter scarves.

“Because some people could and probably would go overboard with the pricetag of their gift,” Eli answered as she picked up a pair of gloves and inspected them. Unhappy with the quality, she put them down and moved on to the next item.

“I wouldn’t go overboard-”

“I never mentioned your name,” Eli cut Maki off and smiled. Maki blushed and scowled, turning away from Eli. “And that’s also why I’m helping you out picking a gift, to make sure you don’t break that rule.”

“I don’t need a babysitter,” Maki crossed her arms and directed her frown to the coats. “This would be so much easier if I could just pick one of these coats.”

“Which all are over the price range,” Eli added. “How often do you go shopping?”

Maki remained silent for a few moments, still turned away from Eli. “... Not very often. Mama does most of the shopping.”

“Maki, you have to think about what your Secret Santa would like and not think about the price. More expensive doesn’t always mean better.”

“I know that,” Maki said, turned to Eli and picked up a pair of gloves with a tacky design, “but this won’t make a good gift!” Eli had to agree on that one, those looked awful. “I-I have to pick a great gift; I can’t tarnish Santa’s name with a cruddy gift.” Eli’s giggle only made Maki more flustered. “W-What’re you giggling for?”

“No, nothing. I’m sure we’ll find a gift both you and Santa can be proud of. Why don’t we go look in other stores? There’s plenty to look for in the mall.”

“Maki, I know we have a price range but are you sure about this?” Eli asked warily as she looked at Maki’s selection. Out of all the places they could have found the ‘perfect’ gift, a toy store was the last place Eli would have thought about.

“Yes, this is perfect,” Maki said proudly as she took her gift to the cashier. Maki looked forward to face Umi would make upon tearing the wrapping and seeing a set of a toy bow and suction cup arrows.

Hey guys! How's it going? Here's the new chapter for you! Especially for MakiEli fans!

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/631391179-i-have-found-the-right-on…

Fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/…/I-Have-Found-The-Right-One-Mak…

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15978098