you two were never that close. You only knew Reiner since you were really close friends with eren and Armin, overall reiner was only ever an acquaintance.

Obviously until that incident happened unraveling him as one of the titan shifters from Marley...and that was the last time you saw of him and bertholdt in years. Not that you even wanted to see neither of them. As for you came from a different part of Eldia that was destroyed many years before the the wall of shiganshina was torn down which actually happened to be how you managed to get a hold of the war hammer head 5 years or so passed and the memories from those days continued to strengthen that hate and the urge to drive a knife through his throat multiple times till he'd choke on his own blood including the hidden narcissism that started to show more and more yet you still stayed mindful of some others since you knew what was expected of you

The time comes when you're in Marley with others members of the survey cops. Deciding to walk off away from the group to a less crowded and quieter area

As you happened to walk past Reiner but doing the most predictable thing..you walked past ignoring him still being rather bitter about what happened back then. You wouldn't be forgiving him anytime soon,this caused a spark of frustration for him before gathering the courage as he walked over to you and grabbed your wrist forcing you to and look at him

Continuing to hold your grudges against him you just stared back at him dead in the eyes with a cold look. It was definitely not what he was expecting or what he wanted and he desperately tired to hide that fact

Seeing you so heartless felt unreal,what about the soft and "sunshine" like boy you ounce were. He bit his tounge out of embarrassment before collecting his thoughts after he decided to speak "I know this is stupid of me to say.. please just spend the rest of your life with me am tired of being alone and viewed as a monster." He said in a desperate tone almost pleading