I only have one papa, mainly because I thought it would be less likely for people around me to find out. Another major reason is that he alone fulfills me completely, but…

He’s been a close papa for three years, and every week he sends me a Starbucks gift card through LINE, worth several thousand yen, saying, “Keep up the good work with your studies.” I think it’s because I go to Starbucks almost every day to study. I’m so grateful that he lets me enjoy going to Starbucks without having to worry. (The allowance is separate.) Even after all this time, he’s still just as thoughtful and kind as ever, and I’m truly grateful. But when I was using one of the gift cards at the Starbucks on campus with a friend, she asked me, “Who do you get all those gift cards from?” I tried to brush it off by saying that a friend from high school had given me a bunch for my birthday and that I still had quite a few left. But since she asked, is it safe to assume she suspects I’m doing papa-katsu? I really don’t want her to become any more suspicious. I don’t have a boyfriend, and I only have one papa, so what do you think about saying that he’s my boyfriend and that I get them from him? What should I have said? I receive a fairly generous allowance, but I dress plainly at university and try not to use it there. I’m shaken because I only have one papa, yet I’m still being suspected. What makes you feel that someone is doing papa-katsu? Are Starbucks gift cards pretty common among papas? I wonder if she asked because she’s received the same kind of thing from her papa… I really love my papa and don’t want anything to change…