Ron had spent the entirety of seventh-year grumbling. His constant whinging on the unfairness had soon pushed Hermione beyond her limits of tolerance. Although they had considered themselves a couple throughout seventh-year, they had spent most of it bickering. Without the intensity of their Horcrux search—and the constant fear of death awaiting them around each corner—their relationship had regressed to what it had been before: one of semi-tolerant friendship.