A standard way to answer this question is going to say that the relationship between Maniac and Grayson is a father and son type relationship. Maniac has run away from home, and he is searching for some kind of family. Grayson, for a short time, fills that role. He takes Maniac in and acts as a supporting father should. At times Grayson is a caretaker, and other times Grayson is a friend to Maniac. Maniac in turn sees Grayson as an authority figure. Additionally, Maniac sees Grayson as a source of fatherly wisdom about life in general.
The relationship does change at one point though to become a teacher and student relationship. That occurs when Maniac decides to teach Grayson how to read. I believe that Grayson and Maniac are practically made for each other, which is why it is so sad that Grayson dies.
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