Viktor always highly anticpated the time he got to spend with Hermione. Probably too much, especially according to his ex-wife, though it had been many years since he'd allowed himself hope on that front. She lovedthat Ronald, which he couldn't understand completely, but he respected that that was her choice. So he acted like the perfect gentleman and never toed out of line, and considered her his closest friend in many ways.
He'd arrived a little early, as was his wont at least when the children weren't with him. He had thought about attending the meeting but had not wanted to intrude, though he thought he might go sometime to see if it might be something that would apply to him. He ordered a pint of a German beer he favored and waited patiently, eyes toward where he knew she would come out.
He smiled largely when she came down the stairs, admiring her to himself. "Not long at all," he told her. In the grand scheme it wasn't either. He took her hand and gave a little half bow over it, not kissing it only because he knew from many years of things that with her, that way lay temptation. "How vas your meeting?" He guided her toward the out of the main path table he'd found for them.