Time Entanglement

Promise.

Ron has left .

Ron left , leaving despair,anger and resentment in the heart of Harry and Hermione.  He walked away taking the only possession that Harry had , the belief in the friendship .He was almost dreading of the day when Hermione would also have enough of this and would left from there . Something that she didn't do on Ron's offering.

Ron's leaving still feels like really horrible nightmare, more horrible than  seeing Voldemort killing people . Somewhere in his heart he is hoping that this turns out to be a dream . But it is not,He left. 

Harry looks at Hermione who was dawdling , while packing their belongings, looking up time to time in hope of seeing  red hair , fooling herself with the hope of his return.

He could not help hoping a little, himself, but there was no Ron and he can never find them from now on since they are going to shift from there as per their plan of not staying in the same place.

As if working on a silent agreement, Harry and Hermione decided to leave , leaving the last string of the hope .They hold each other's hand and disapparated .,reappearing on a windswept heather-covered hillside. The instant they arrived, Hermione dropped Harry's hand and walked away from him, finally sitting down on a large rock, her face on her knees, shaking with what he knew were sobs.

Ron 's departure was a ruthless blow on her own belief . Belief that no matter how powerful Voldemort is , his power is nothing in front of the power that their friendship holds . The power that will definitely overpower  the power of Voldemort. 
But her belief turns out to be a fairytale.Their friendship can't survive the hardships of the forest life. It didn't survive in the hunger, despair and pain. Their friendship was too fragile to stand in front of adversity of life

Harry  watched her, supposing that he ought to go and comfort her, but something kept him rooted to the spot.
Everything inside him felt cold and tight: Again he saw the contemptuous expression on Ron's face.
Harry strode off through the heather, walking in a large circle with the distraught Hermione at its center, casting the spell she usually performed to ensure their protection.

They did not discuss Ron at all over the next few days.
Harry was determined never to mention his name again and Hermione seemed to know that it was no use forcing the issue, although sometimes at night when she thought he was sleeping, he would hear her crying.
Meanwhile Harry had started bringing out the Marauder's map and examining it by wandlight.

He was waiting for the moment when Ron's labeled dot would reappear in the corridors of Hogwarts, proving that he had returned to the comfortable castle, protected by his status of pureblood.

However his name didn't appear.

Days passed with Harry and Hermione wandering from one place to another .They frequently discussed about the  possibile ways to take the gryffindor swords and to find about other horcuxes but at the end of every discussion,they have practically nothing to do except looking for some food to eat. Sometimes they became lucky enough to find something to fill their stomach , sometimes it was not enough for both of their stomach and sometimes  there were nothing at all for whole day and sometimes for some days.

Whenever they went on the bed without any food in their stomach , Harry wonder about the possible reaction of Ron in this situation .

Ron was always used to the materialistic comfort. He is used to be taken care of because of his mother and takes it for granted.He must have not thought about these things before coming up with him in this endless journey. He is not used to being deprived of from material comforts , unlike Harry , who has brilliant practice of living without anything comfortable. This hunger of days is not new for him.That's why the grumbling of the stomach is not bothering him as much as it must be to Hermione.