"I've been saving." I say quickly. I hate just taking money from them. Usually if one of them tries to force extra money on me, I sneak it back to one of the others. That's one of the many bonuses of having three readily available parents. "I don't-" I cut myself there, because if I finish that sentence it's just going to turn into another one of those talks, and I'm not sure if I'm ready to have one with Yuusuke. I don't want him to get upset.

"I didn't want to bother Megumi. Or Gai. She's just going back to work, and he's just getting ready to start school, and..." And he's right, there's no way I can cook dinner for up to, what, ten people? With my luck.