While Duncan is visiting the Macbeths early in the play, his relationship with Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and now Thane of Cawdor, is incredibly friendly and familiar. Duncan and Macbeth are kinsmen as well as friends, and Macbeth has always been so loyal to the king that Duncan has recently awarded him with the new title. They have always had a good relationship and Duncan has no reason now to think that anything has changed.
Macbeth, however, has received the prophecies from the Weird Sisters that he would become Thane of Cawdor (which has already happened) and then king, and so he is considering committing the terrible crime of regicide, killing the man who is his king, friend, kinsman, and guest. So, while Duncan imagines that their relationship is a loyal as it has always been, Macbeth is busy planning Duncan's murder with his ruthless wife.
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