#Yata didn't realize just how many very specific animal Strains there are

[ridiasfangirlings]

Misaki, would you love me if I were a platypus? Yata: yes. Fushimi: ok, could you come and pick me up? Here is the address. Yata: can’t you come yourself? Fushimi: yes, I definitely love you not for your intelligence. How can I get to you in the body of a platypus? Yata: SO IT WAS NOT A QUESTION OUT OF INTEREST, IN THE “WOULD I LOVE YOU IF YOU WERE A WORM” STYLE? Fushimi: so are you coming? (The story of how ask whether "Yata would love Fushimi if he *insert word*" became a reality for a week.)

Yata isn’t aware of the normal day to day workings of S4, so it’s not until he and Fushimi start dating that he learns that ‘would you love me if I was an [X]’ is not a hypothetical for the members of S4, it’s a warning. Yata doesn’t really think about it when Fushimi asks him one day if Yata would love him if he was a platypus, Yata actually isn’t even entirely up on what a platypus is but sure, he’d love Fushimi anyway. What he doesn’t know is that S4 is hunting the Turns People Into Platypi Strain and Fushimi figured there were even odds of this scenario occurring. Yata assumes Fushimi is playing around when he texts Yata later and says he needs Yata to come get him, since Yata did promise to love him even if he was a platypus. Yata’s like ‘what does that have to do with anything’ and receives in response a picture of a very gloomy looking platypus with glasses on. Yata suddenly realizes he needs to stop at the library on his way to pick Fushimi up, because he knows absolutely nothing about how you care for a platypus. 

This is of course not the last time this happens, and Yata now has reason to be wary if Fushimi asks him about certain animals. Yata does love Saruhiko but can you please be careful chasing after the Turns People Into Tarantulas Strain because tarantulas are kinda creepy (but Yata will definitely still love him as a tarantula! He just would rather not have to). Loving Fushimi as a goldfish is difficult because Yata always killed his goldfish as a kid and he spends several days terrified that Fushimi will go belly up at any time, luckily Kusanagi has aquariums at the bar and provides Yata with the proper setup so Goldfish Fushimi doesn’t have to swim around a tiny bowl. Loving Fushimi as a boa constrictor is also different because Fushimi normally isn’t this interested in hugging him and Yata has to keep verifying that this is you right Saruhiko. Loving Fushimi as a teacup poodle is thankfully pretty easy except when Yata accidentally stepped on his tail and immediately had his ankles bitten. Loving Fushimi as a tropical parrot would be easier if Fushimi didn’t just keep squawking ‘Idiot! Virgin!’ loudly all day long. Yata is almost thankful for Worm Fushimi after that, who just chills in the little pot of dirt Yata set up for him, waiting to change back to normal.