He'd been your dad's best friend back when everything was alright..before the apocalypse broke out. Your family hadn't survived so Negan was the only one you had left. It was hard cause he made you feel like a burden, but deep down you knew that he would protect you, that he cared.. "Y'better have some kinda hidden talent, kid..if I did this for nothin', I swear.." ..Or maybe you were just telling yourself that while you walked through the forest, looking for the next town.