"Taemin?" asked Alec in disbelief. "What are you doing here?" "Just in town, thought I'd stop by the flower shop on my way to the institute but somehow but luckily I ran into you instead." "But I thought you were in Chicago, what are you doing back in New York. I haven't seen you since I was like sixteen." Taemin laughed, "Don't worry I'm only here for a couple of months. The Chicago institute is being renovated and when they asked us which institute we wanted to stay at, I jumped at the chance of coming back to New York." Suddenly aware that they were standing in the middle of a flower shop Alec quickly suggested they headed to the Starbucks around the corner. Taemin was looking at him with a raised eyebrow. "Who would've thought you'd come to a place like this." Alec forced a laugh. Magnus had really gotten under his skin in the last year. "yeah well figured I'd try new things." Taemin's face softened, "speaking of new things… I heard about the news." Alec look at him curiously, genuinely stumped. "What do you mean?" "I mean you coming out." Alec was shocked that the news had traveled far enough to Chicago, that must of meant shadow hunters across the globe new of the stunt he pulled with Magnus. He had to laugh to himself a little. He had nothing to show for his efforts that day now that Magnus was gone, but that was precisely why he had walked into the flower shop today. "Yeah," said Alec shyly, "it's true." Taemin smiled, there was no judgment in his eyes, "thank you for telling me the truth." Alec looked at Taemin from his auburn hair to his pale green eyes and his pale complexion. He had grown a lot since the last time Alec had seen him. He was now a few inches shorter than him and had filled out in all the right places. Through Taemin's white V-neck he could see the well-defined muscles. He was no longer all limbs and glasses but a young man. Taemin smirked. "Checking me out?" Alec ducked his head, "yeah right, you wish." Alec was surprised at how easily the words left his mouth. He felt like all words had lost their meaning since that night he went to visit Magnus. "So what have you been up to since I left." When Taemin was 14 his family's home in Idris had been attacked by a heard of demons and their father recommended they leave Idris for a little while. They ended up at the New York institute for exactly one year and were off again. But during those years Alec had gained a valuable friend. For some reason Taemin had hung to him. But Taemin had always been soft-spoken and couldn't really handle Jace's frankness. "Well as you can assume I've been busy giving the shadow hunter world something to talk about." "I can tell, I'm sure they'll have something to say about you getting married at the age of eighteen." Alec looked up in surprise, "What do you mean by that." "I mean that tiny box I saw when I ran into you. It's an engagement ring, no?" Alec was at a loss for words, his plan had been revealed in a matter of minutes. "I'm going to ask Magnus to marry me." Said Alec