DVD commentary: Useless Things, part 8
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estiroseHere's the commentary for "Useless Things" (Kamen Rider Kiva AU, 13+ rating, 28+ spoilage, Nago/Wataru) part 8.
Slightly out of order, I've also got the commentary for "Closer Call", which occurs between 25 and 26 of this story. Since it's 18+, I've got it over here.
Wataru woke up early the next morning on the floor of his workshop. After Nago-san had fallen asleep, he'd crawled out of their shared bed and did his best to sleep on his floor. Nago-san was his guest, after all, even if he hadn't wanted him there.
And then Wataru decided he wasn't sleeping with Nago. Or at least in the same bed. Oops.
He snatched up a piece of paper and wrote a note to Nago-san. "To Nago-san: I've gone out to look for ingredients for a new violin varnish. I'll be back later in the day. - Wataru." He was only somewhat lying about the varnish; he was probably overdue to work on a new batch. But he was mostly going out to talk to people, especially Kivat. He didn't want Nago-san to discover Kivat. He still wasn't sure why Nago-san decided that they were dating, but hopefully Nago-san would figure out that they were wrong for each other soon.
Leaving the note on the table, along with some breakfast, he headed out, snacking on his own breakfast food. "Kivat," he said, knowing that the bat wasn't far behind.
The bat swooped around him. "This is still bad."
Well, duh.
"Did you get in touch with Shizuka-chan?" Wataru asked.
"Yes, I did. She wanted to meet you - she says your favorite spot in the park." Kivat hovered next to him. "She wants to confront him."
Wataru nodded. Shizuka-chan would do what Shizuka-chan would do, and he'd learned not to hold her back. "I'll meet her there. When?"
"Nine o'clock," Kivat said. "I'd have told you earlier, but you were arguing with *that man*."
"Nago-san, you mean?" Wataru dropped his head. "I just didn't want to sleep with him."
"Wataru," Kivat said, "You have very important things in your future. Things about yourself that you don't understand. Even now, you have the power to tell him no. I think you should use that power."
In other words, Kivat is trying to tell Wataru of his heritage, without telling him about his heritage. News at eleven.
Considering Kivat's words, Wataru nodded. He should rebel. He should push Nago-san out of the house, out of his life as much as he could. If they could stop him from being IXA, all the better.
He sat down on a bench. He'd admired Nago-san at first, accepted him as IXA even though the other man bizarrely wanted to kill him for something he didn't even do, been his assistant. He'd even tried to tell Nago-san that he was Kiva, but Nago-san hadn't listened. He hoped it didn't take him going into the Kiva armor to get Nago-san to back down.
Wataru had to get Nago-san out of there before Nago-san discovered Kivat and figured things out.
Good idea.
"I should get in touch with Megumi-san," he said out loud. Megumi-san might know what happened to Nago-san. Nago-san said he'd been talked to, maybe by Shima-san. Maybe Megumi-san had been present.
If he was going to confront Nago-san he had to gather courage. Being around the people he wasn't supposed to be around was good. It would help him believe that he could defy Nago-san's orders and rules.
He took out his phone and called Megumi-san, but got her voicemail. He left a message. Checking the time, he headed to the park to meet Shizuka-chan.
The message causes problems later on this part.
She was waiting when he got there, arms folded. "Wataru, what have you gotten yourself into?" she demanded.
"I'm... not sure," Wataru said. Nago-san had thrown his life in disorder; he hadn't really been able to sit down and think before that morning.
"Well, if you won't talk to this Nago, I will," Shizuka said, boldly dropping off Nago-san's honorific. "You and your dates! First you get this girl who runs off on you, and then you get a *boyfriend*?"
Well, it's not like he had a choice....
"I didn't ask for him to be my boyfriend, Shizuka-chan," Wataru explained patiently. "I haven't gotten him to understand that yet."
"Well, you're too young to date," Shizuka said. "And men don't date men."
"They don't?" Wataru asked. Was this one of those things that his mother had never bothered to explain?
"No, they don't," Shizuka said. "It's... ewwww."
Poor Shizuka. I really didn't mean to make her the "I don't approve of this" whole homophobic thing. Technically speaking, several characters aren't keen on Wataru sleeping with guys. She's just the noisiest about it.
"Oh, okay," Wataru said. "But about Nago-san...."
"We'll take care of this *right now*," Shizuka said, grabbing his arm. "I'm going to save you from the filthy pervert."
"Um. Okay," Wataru said, letting Shizuka-chan lead him back to his house and march him up the stairs.
I made people entering the place go up stairs, then down stairs. Bad.
Nago-san was eating breakfast downstairs as Shizuka-chan hauled Wataru down the stairs to his bedroom/dining room. "You," she said sharply. Her language was still fairly polite, but Wataru was glad he wasn't Nago-san.
"I thought I told you-" Nago-san beyond, but Shizuka-chan had crossed the space between her and Nago-san.
"Wataru can see anybody he likes," Shizuka-chan said boldly. "He's not yours, he doesn't have to follow your stupid rules, and you're going to leave this place and not bother Wataru ever again!"
Yay, Shizuka!
"You have no idea what's at stake," Nago-san said in response, not bothering to get up. He scowled at Shizuka-chan. "Or you wouldn't be talking to me like that."
"I bet you're just using any excuse you can possibly manage to convince Wataru to be your boyfriend," Shizuka-chan countered. "If it's your pride at stake, you're just going to have to lose it."
"It's far more serious than that," Nago-san argued, getting up. "The fate of the world might be at stake."
Or so he thinks.
"Wataru, tell him that he's tresspassing and has to leave, and that he's harrassing you," Shizuka-chan said.
Nago-san glared at him. "Well, she does have a point," Wataru said hesitantly. "I don't think we make good boyfriends."
"When the fate of the world is at stake," Nago-san said, "we do." He grabbed Wataru's arm.
Shizuka-chan, on the other hand, had grabbed Nago-san's suitcase. She glared at him. "Well, I think you're dangerous and Wataru likes girls!" She grabbed Wataru's arm. "And we're going to call the police."
I seriously thought that Shizuka was going to tug-of-war with Nago, using Wataru as the rope. Thankfully, she decided to take Nago's suitcase, so she doesn't have a good hold on Wataru. Unfortunately, somewhere in the mess, I had Nago lose hold of Wataru for no reason. Oops?
"We are?" Wataru asked as she hauled him towards the stairs.
"Yes, we are," Shizuka said assertively. Wataru was wondering how to get himself out of the situation when his phone rang. He had it in his hand before Nago-san stole it away from him and answered it. He could feel Shizuka-chan tugging him away.
And here is Nago, answering Megumi's phone call.
Slightly out of order, I've also got the commentary for "Closer Call", which occurs between 25 and 26 of this story. Since it's 18+, I've got it over here.
Wataru woke up early the next morning on the floor of his workshop. After Nago-san had fallen asleep, he'd crawled out of their shared bed and did his best to sleep on his floor. Nago-san was his guest, after all, even if he hadn't wanted him there.
And then Wataru decided he wasn't sleeping with Nago. Or at least in the same bed. Oops.
He snatched up a piece of paper and wrote a note to Nago-san. "To Nago-san: I've gone out to look for ingredients for a new violin varnish. I'll be back later in the day. - Wataru." He was only somewhat lying about the varnish; he was probably overdue to work on a new batch. But he was mostly going out to talk to people, especially Kivat. He didn't want Nago-san to discover Kivat. He still wasn't sure why Nago-san decided that they were dating, but hopefully Nago-san would figure out that they were wrong for each other soon.
Leaving the note on the table, along with some breakfast, he headed out, snacking on his own breakfast food. "Kivat," he said, knowing that the bat wasn't far behind.
The bat swooped around him. "This is still bad."
Well, duh.
"Did you get in touch with Shizuka-chan?" Wataru asked.
"Yes, I did. She wanted to meet you - she says your favorite spot in the park." Kivat hovered next to him. "She wants to confront him."
Wataru nodded. Shizuka-chan would do what Shizuka-chan would do, and he'd learned not to hold her back. "I'll meet her there. When?"
"Nine o'clock," Kivat said. "I'd have told you earlier, but you were arguing with *that man*."
"Nago-san, you mean?" Wataru dropped his head. "I just didn't want to sleep with him."
"Wataru," Kivat said, "You have very important things in your future. Things about yourself that you don't understand. Even now, you have the power to tell him no. I think you should use that power."
In other words, Kivat is trying to tell Wataru of his heritage, without telling him about his heritage. News at eleven.
Considering Kivat's words, Wataru nodded. He should rebel. He should push Nago-san out of the house, out of his life as much as he could. If they could stop him from being IXA, all the better.
He sat down on a bench. He'd admired Nago-san at first, accepted him as IXA even though the other man bizarrely wanted to kill him for something he didn't even do, been his assistant. He'd even tried to tell Nago-san that he was Kiva, but Nago-san hadn't listened. He hoped it didn't take him going into the Kiva armor to get Nago-san to back down.
Wataru had to get Nago-san out of there before Nago-san discovered Kivat and figured things out.
Good idea.
"I should get in touch with Megumi-san," he said out loud. Megumi-san might know what happened to Nago-san. Nago-san said he'd been talked to, maybe by Shima-san. Maybe Megumi-san had been present.
If he was going to confront Nago-san he had to gather courage. Being around the people he wasn't supposed to be around was good. It would help him believe that he could defy Nago-san's orders and rules.
He took out his phone and called Megumi-san, but got her voicemail. He left a message. Checking the time, he headed to the park to meet Shizuka-chan.
The message causes problems later on this part.
She was waiting when he got there, arms folded. "Wataru, what have you gotten yourself into?" she demanded.
"I'm... not sure," Wataru said. Nago-san had thrown his life in disorder; he hadn't really been able to sit down and think before that morning.
"Well, if you won't talk to this Nago, I will," Shizuka said, boldly dropping off Nago-san's honorific. "You and your dates! First you get this girl who runs off on you, and then you get a *boyfriend*?"
Well, it's not like he had a choice....
"I didn't ask for him to be my boyfriend, Shizuka-chan," Wataru explained patiently. "I haven't gotten him to understand that yet."
"Well, you're too young to date," Shizuka said. "And men don't date men."
"They don't?" Wataru asked. Was this one of those things that his mother had never bothered to explain?
"No, they don't," Shizuka said. "It's... ewwww."
Poor Shizuka. I really didn't mean to make her the "I don't approve of this" whole homophobic thing. Technically speaking, several characters aren't keen on Wataru sleeping with guys. She's just the noisiest about it.
"Oh, okay," Wataru said. "But about Nago-san...."
"We'll take care of this *right now*," Shizuka said, grabbing his arm. "I'm going to save you from the filthy pervert."
"Um. Okay," Wataru said, letting Shizuka-chan lead him back to his house and march him up the stairs.
I made people entering the place go up stairs, then down stairs. Bad.
Nago-san was eating breakfast downstairs as Shizuka-chan hauled Wataru down the stairs to his bedroom/dining room. "You," she said sharply. Her language was still fairly polite, but Wataru was glad he wasn't Nago-san.
"I thought I told you-" Nago-san beyond, but Shizuka-chan had crossed the space between her and Nago-san.
"Wataru can see anybody he likes," Shizuka-chan said boldly. "He's not yours, he doesn't have to follow your stupid rules, and you're going to leave this place and not bother Wataru ever again!"
Yay, Shizuka!
"You have no idea what's at stake," Nago-san said in response, not bothering to get up. He scowled at Shizuka-chan. "Or you wouldn't be talking to me like that."
"I bet you're just using any excuse you can possibly manage to convince Wataru to be your boyfriend," Shizuka-chan countered. "If it's your pride at stake, you're just going to have to lose it."
"It's far more serious than that," Nago-san argued, getting up. "The fate of the world might be at stake."
Or so he thinks.
"Wataru, tell him that he's tresspassing and has to leave, and that he's harrassing you," Shizuka-chan said.
Nago-san glared at him. "Well, she does have a point," Wataru said hesitantly. "I don't think we make good boyfriends."
"When the fate of the world is at stake," Nago-san said, "we do." He grabbed Wataru's arm.
Shizuka-chan, on the other hand, had grabbed Nago-san's suitcase. She glared at him. "Well, I think you're dangerous and Wataru likes girls!" She grabbed Wataru's arm. "And we're going to call the police."
I seriously thought that Shizuka was going to tug-of-war with Nago, using Wataru as the rope. Thankfully, she decided to take Nago's suitcase, so she doesn't have a good hold on Wataru. Unfortunately, somewhere in the mess, I had Nago lose hold of Wataru for no reason. Oops?
"We are?" Wataru asked as she hauled him towards the stairs.
"Yes, we are," Shizuka said assertively. Wataru was wondering how to get himself out of the situation when his phone rang. He had it in his hand before Nago-san stole it away from him and answered it. He could feel Shizuka-chan tugging him away.
And here is Nago, answering Megumi's phone call.
