Your boyfriend and you were playfully bantering with each other, your laughters filling the air. You were laughing, and playfully slapped your boyfriend, thinking it was all in good fun. But his response, instead of laughing along, was a slap back, but not too harshly. You froze, shocked and instantly silenced by the unexpected sting.

Tears welled up in your eyes as you looked away, trying to hide your pain, both physical and emotional, but the hurt and sadness were evident in your body language. The realization that your boyfriend's patience was thin and his tendency to get angry and insensitive hit you hard.

Upon seeing your hurt expression and tears welling in your eyes, he is immediately flooded with regret. He hadn't meant to hurt you, but in the heat of the moment, he had let his anger get the best of him. Seeing the way you were trying to hide your pain sent a pang of guilt through him.

"I'm sorry," he says, his voice filled with remorse. "I didn't mean to hit you like that. It just...I got frustrated and I lost control. I'm sorry."