eavesdropping on my conversations. I have no privacy at all because I don't have my own room. All I have going for me is that I'm a law student on the verge of graduating. I keep trying to remind myself that I can come out once I become a lawyer, because I wouldn't be financially dependent on them anymore and they can't threaten to cut me off then. My girlfriend has been supportive, but I know it's been grating on her. Her family knows me and accepts me as her partner, but my family barely even knows her. It hurts me everytime she jokes about how I'm a princess (due to how strict my mom is), but I can't do anything about it because she's right. It hurts that I hurt her, and it hurts that she has had to support me for the entire duration of our relationship while being a frontliner at the same time. She knows that I have depression, anxiety, and ADHD (a dangerous combo for law students), and has been acting as my pillar while she has her own mental health problems to battle with. Having to be taken care of really guilts the hell out of me, as she needs to be cared for, too, especially in her line of work. This pandemic came at the worst time, since if all goes well, this would be my last semester in law school. I was really looking forward to moving to Manila for review classes with my bestfriend, and it would be easier for my girlfriend to visit me (or me to visit her). A little more and I can be financially independent and live without fear of the consequences of being disowned. Now everything has been put off for a later time, and I've been suffering silently at home. I could only wish for a clearer mind and a calmer heart to get me through this, so I can finally repay all the good my girlfriend and my best friend have done for me, as well as to finally become a lawyer of the people and for the people.