A Series of Unfortunate Events One Shots

Don't Touch Me

Takes place during their time at Whitmore Academy. Begin!

Universe*

~Normal POV

Klaus sighed in mild frustration. He was sitting in his room that he shared with Quigley at Whitmore Academy trying to focus on his book, but a certain thought kept nagging at his brain. Classes were cancelled today for a teacher and staff meeting; Violet and Fiona were out, Sunny was still at daycare, and Duncan and Quigley were in the living room. Isadora was working her shift at the school library so he was left to his own desires for now. But Isadora was the thing that kept him from being able to focus on his book.

Klaus and Isadora were very happy together, and have been for several months now since officially starting their relationship, but there was one small problem: Isadora didn't like to be touched. Perhaps that was inaccurate, but that was how it appeared to be to Klaus. True, the poet loved hugs just as much as writing couplets, and that's saying something, but this was different. For some reason, whenever Klaus and Isadora were kissing, and his hands would roam for something a bit more physical, she would flinch and shy away from him.

His normally genius brain couldn't place down a reason why she would do this. It wasn't like she wasn't affected by him in a positive way; whenever it happened, he could see the desire in her eyes. What was wrong? Did he overstep a secret boundary at some point? Was she upset about something? Was he moving their relationship too fast? He couldn't answer any of these questions, and it was bothering him beyond reason. He sighed once more, put down his book, and stood up to begin pacing around the room.

"What should I do?"

After several moments of thinking he got an idea. Duncan and Quigley! They're Isadora's triplet brothers; they should be able to shed some light on the issue. He walked out into the living room to find the two sitting on the couch watching a show. Klaus then figured that his inner thoughts must have been distracting him quite a lot, as he somehow didn't hear them shouting loudly at the tv from his room.

Klaus stared at the two in confusion and mild amusement, "Uh, are you guys ok?"

"We'll be ok when it's over," Duncan answered.

"Are you two crying over a soap opera or something," Klaus chuckled.

The two Quagmire boys quickly wiped their eyes and denied doing so. Quigley responded by correcting him, "It's not a soap opera; it's a comedy it just gets emotional sometimes..."

"Yeah emotional... that's it. It has great characters, ok?!"

Klaus rolled his eyes, "Alright, I'm not judging you. But can you take a break for a minute I need to ask you something."

Quigley turned off the tv, "Sure the episode was over anyway. What's up?"

Klaus sat down in an armchair beside the couch and contemplated how to phrase his predicament, "Well... it's about Isadora."

"You're not going to propose to her already, are you," Duncan asked.

"What? No! We're not even old enough for that," Klaus then sighed, "I just have this problem that I hope you can help me with."

"Did you have a fight or something," Quigley asked, concern lacing his voice.

"No, but I guess I must have upset her somehow. Uh, how do I put this? Isadora... doesn't like to be touched. I don't know if it's me, or something else."

Klaus glanced at the two boys as they stared at him for a few moments before they broke down laughing. He raised a brow in confusion.

"Klaus we'll tell you what the problem is," Duncan said.

~...

Later that day, Klaus was sitting in his room once more as he waited for Isadora to get back from her shift. He now had the knowledge to talk to her about her problem, and intended to do just that while they were alone. Sure he could've just asked her instead, but asking her brothers ended up giving him the answer anyway. But he did want to hear it from her too. Suddenly, his door opened and Isadora walked in smiling at him.

"Hey Klaus, sorry for taking so long, the library was busy today."

He smiled at her, just seeing her made his day better no matter what, "That's alright. Come over here."

He patted the spot next to him on his bed and she happily joined him. He kissed her, and her hands immediately went to his hair and his hands went to her waist. After a few seconds of loving kissing he moved his hand up her body a little. As expected, she made a muffled noise through the kiss and quickly jumped away from him.

He grabbed her hand, "Izzie why do you keep doing that?"

She stared at him for a moment, feigning confusion, "Doing what?"

"Why do you shy away when I touch you?"

Isadora bit her lip nervously, contemplating the question. He gently squeezed her hand.

"Just tell me. Did I do something wrong?"

"No, of course not. Klaus, I'm ticklish."

"...Ticklish?"

Isadora blushed self consciously and nodded, "Very."

Of course that was it. It was a perfectly logical, harmless, explanation after all. He briefly wondered how he had not considered it before. He quickly dismissed that concern, and smirked at his girlfriend.

"Very ticklish, huh?"

Isadora's eyes went wide with realization; she quickly got off the bed and moved far away from him, holding her hands up like a barrier, "Klaus, don't you dare."

He simply stood and walked toward her, still smirking deviously with a mischievous glint in his eye.

From her position on the other side of the room, Isadora grabbed the pillow off of Quigley's bed and held it in front of her like a shield. She slowly backed away as he continued towards her. Unfortunately, Isadora didn't notice that she backed right into a wall. Klaus stopped in front of her blocking her only escape route. She gave a small squeak of terror, preparing herself for the inevitable. However, Klaus simply grabbed her and kissed her deeply. She melted into the kiss, and dropped the pillow so she could wrap her arms around his neck. He kept their lips locked as he swiftly picked her up and put her on his bed once more, this time laying her down, and positioning himself on top of her.

Once he pulled away from the kiss, his lips went to her ear and he whispered, "Your brothers told me by the way; I just wanted you to admit it yourself."

"Wait wha-," Isadora didn't get to finish her sentence as Klaus interrupted her by tickling her; she immediately broke down in a fit of giggles.

Klaus continued playfully torturing her until he decided she'd had enough. He then got off of her as she lay on the bed catching her breath.

She sat up a bit and said, "I'm going to kill Duncan and Quigley."

"To be fair, I'm sure I would've found out eventually."

Isadora thought for a moment before smirking, "Actually, I don't need to."

Klaus gave her a confused look as she got up and walked out into the hall. The next thing he heard made him want to break down laughing.

"Hey Violet, Fiona, you want some leverage over Duncan and Quigley?"

"Oh, absolutely, what is it," He heard Violet say.

He then heard Duncan shout, "Oh, shit! Run!"

The last thing Klaus heard was the sound of Duncan and Quigley bolting out of the dorm in sudden fear of their girlfriends.

~The End!