Donʻt make me hit you

“I cannot love you.”
“Why?”
“I worry about you.”
“What?”
“If I think about you, I think about sad things.”
“That hurts.”
“You choose the hurt. You are defined by hurt. Hurt makes you feel important. Hurt makes you bigger than you are.”
“I’m not sure if  I agree with that assessment.”
“Do you know why?”
“What do you think I’m going to say?”
“Do you really want to know?”
“I’m going to hit you if you make me say, ‘Yes.'”
“Hurt is who you are.”