"I don't understand."

Silence.

"I really, truly, genuinely don't understand a single thing."

Silence.

"I don't understand what you mean when you say you don't get me. I don't understand what there is not to to get. I have explained a thousand times before, have I not?"

Silence.

"I've most definitely explained before, time and time again, and you still don't get it? Are you even trying to understand? No, of course you aren't. All of you are the same. You don't care about me. No one does."

Silence. Silence and an atmosphere so heavy it might as well be tangible.

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A sigh, barely noticeable, breaks through.

"See? This is exactly what I mean! Here I am, telling you about how your lack of care hurts me, and you just sigh! You're such an insensitive ass, I don't even know why I put up with someone like you!"

Silence. Silence. Silence.

"Come on, say something! You always go quiet at times like this! Don't you know how to speak up? Cat got your tongue? Say something already, you coward!"

Silence. Siiiileeeenceeee. 

"That's what I fucking thought! You never speak your mind! You always keep everything to yourself like the idiot you are! Don't you know that I get worried? Don't you know it hurts me seeing you like this? You are so clueless!"

Heavy, oppressive silence.

"You need to talk to me, you know? I can't read your mind. You know that, don't you? Of course you do. But you never talk anyways. Do you enjoy seeing me worried and hurting me? Do you? It seems like you do."

All-encompassing silence.

"And you don't even have the guts to deny it. How cowardly can you be? This is ridiculous. Aren't you a man? Why don't you fucking act like one?"

S I L E N C E.

"Haaah. I love you, idiot. You know that, right? Of course you do. I love you, so I'm sorry for being like this sometimes. But I can't help it! You're just so frustrating, I can't help being like this. I don't want to yell at you either. I don't want to hit you. You know that I don't mean it, right? You need to understand that it hurts me more than it hurts you! But you're always like this, and you always force me to do this. Do you really not get that your behavior is hurting me?"

S I L E N C E.

"No, of course you get it. You're a smart boy. You just don't care. You don't care if I'm hurt. Does it really not bother you? Making my life this miserable? I'd have been better off dying that day. I wouldn't have to put up with any of this if I did. Do you understand? You literally make me want to die. Don't you think that's wrong? How can you even live with yourself? It's sick!"

S I L E N C E S I L E N C E S I L E N C E

"Everyone would be better off without people like you, don't you think? I really, truly, genuinely wish you didn't exist at times!"

"Don't worry.. I won't exist much longer."

SILENCE.