Ron felt terrible for bringing it up now. He shouldn't have mentioned it at all. He was so shite at this comfort thing. And it was awful that Percy had gone through all this on his own, but then again it wasn't like they could do much since he had basically chosen to ostracize himself from the rest of them.
When Percy mentioned that he'd been looking at rings, Ron's eyebrows shot up his forehead. He'd never once suspected that his brother would have been close to considering marriage to someone. It was so odd how much he didn't know bout his brother and also made him feel quite sad when he thought about it now. He really needed to get to know Percy better. And learn how to talk to him, because he was so lost as to what to say.
"Percy, you're not a fool. Everybody makes mistakes... you couldn't have known..."