*scores the exact same grades as him for three years straight*
*starts off teasing him then accepts him as a best friend*
*admits that the way he cares for someone ‘so selfish’ doesn’t make sense, not understanding why they’re so close*
*cares about his opinion above all else*
*goes into shock upon seeing his body*
*breaks down for the first time in front of fellow cadets when burning his body at the pyre*
*loses control of himself and beats up a giant rock because the only person who has a clue about Marco’s death is encased within it and doesn’t stop hitting it until the scary captain shows up*
*refuses to let his death go unnoticed, telling Eren in graphic detail how he would have died alone, without anyone knowing or seeing what happened to him*
*has visions of him over four years after his death*
*makes the hardest choices in life just to please the memory of him and make him proud*
*goes into a violent rage when the man responsible for his death tries to apologise*
*has a panic attack in the woods after learning his death was intentional, not accidental*
*talks about him to Yelena and Onyankopon, despite his death being over four years ago and only having known them for a short time*