INSIDE [jaeyong]

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The smaller cringed as he harshly bit his lip, expecting something that he knew he would never unsee. But his features eased instantly when he saw the format of a website, and not a suggestive one.

It was a link to a download of a browser. Taeyong's light brown orbs flickered up to the top, reading the name of the site; Tor.

He switched his gaze to Johnny, the boy smiling slightly at Taeyong's general relief with the outcome. "A browser? Why would I need a new one?" he asked, genuinely curious. His pupils were drawn back to the website, soaking in the purple accents and taking notice of the little onion beside the name. For some reason, that left him a bit unsettled. There was some weird connection his mind made with that small logo, but he couldn't exactly pinpoint what it was that made him feel that way.

"Well Mr. literature man, this browser isn't just any browser. Tor is an 'onion router' that allows you to access the internet completely anonymously and unmonitored, meaning that your ISP and the government can't track whatever you are doing over the internet. Not only that, it allows you to dig deeper into the web, deeper than the majority of people can. And that's through .onion websites; websites that you can exclusively use only on the Tor browser."

Taeyong was listening, but zoned out a little on whatever the college student was stating, because to be honest anything that had to do with computers or the internet was rather mundane to the boy. "I don't get it," he spoke, curling his fingers through his hair and soft eyebrows lightly furrowed.

Johnny sighed, clicking his tongue afterwards. "It is an onion browser. Like to explore websites that aren't on the surface web," he explained, and he watched as Taeyong's face contorted into confusion before immediately setting ablaze in panic.

"O-onion? What?! Johnny there's no way in hell that I am going on the dark web!" Taeyong spluttered, glalatical brown eyes wide and his grip on his hair growing tighter. He couldn't believe this man — sorry, no, he didn't want to get tracked down by the government for entering illegal websites or for his thousand dollar computer to get hacked to smithereens. That wasn't necessarily on his bucket list for things he wished to do this fall.

Johnny let a few breathy laughs out before he said jokingly, "Calm down before you rip your hair out, Taeyong. You still gotta try the color pink yet."

"No, you dick! You're trying to incriminate me—"

"Listen, you're exaggerating. One, you're completely anonymous on the Tor network so no, you won't be tracked down by the government, and two, not all websites on the deep web are illegal. Come on Tae, it'll be fun," Johnny whined childishly, adding in a compelling tone, "You don't have to leave your bedroom this time."

Taeyong scoffed, sinking even deeper into his comfy spinny chair as he threw the nastiest glare to the boy on the monitor. "Is this what it is," he started, going back to playing with his currently dark raven hair with his finger, "A way to get me to do something completely stupid for your amusement?"

Johnny smirked, crossing his toned arms against his broad chest. "Maybe. But Taeyongie, I would never put you in danger. I just want to do this with you for fun and out of curiosity. I'm a computer science major, y'know." He cocked just eyebrow, silently waiting for the boy to eventually give in. Johnny won. Johnny always knows he'll win. He does at everything. No matter if the person is a ditwit failing all their classes or a prestigious straight A Lee Taeyong, everyone falls for his attractive charm and play on words.

Taeyong didn't respond, but made sure the puerile dread was prominent on his face. "Tell me how to download it douchebag," he demanded, waving his mouse around to accentuate his frustration and discontent. "If I die, I'm coming back as a ghost to haunt you."