In Act III Scene 1, Tybalt is facing off with Mercutio and Benvolio when Romeo walks up. Tybalt tells him that he hates him and that Romeo is a villain. Romeo replies that the reason he has to love Tybalt excuses Tybalt's rude greeting, and denies being a villain. He says farewell, adding that he sees that Tybalt obviously don't know who he is (since he's calling him a villain). Tybalt replies by calling him "boy"--then and now an insult--and says Romeo's brushoff won't excuse "the injuries" Romeo has done to him, and orders him to turn back around and draw his sword. Romeo protests that he has never done anything to injure Tybalt. Quite the contrary: he loves Tybalt more than Tybalt can understand (until Romeo tells him why, at least). And until the time he tells him why he loves him, Tybalt is to be satisfied.
That reason is that within the hour, Romeo has married Tybalt's cousin, Juilet, and now considers Tybalt his own kinsman.
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