No throwdown but a love song. Translations in bold. :)
Stolen Hearts.
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"OWWW!" Chad yelled as his back met the dusty ground.
Okay, this learning how to throwdown thing with Sonny's father and his future hopefully not in-law was not going well. So far, Chad's face had eaten dirt; his hair had eaten dirt, heck pretty much every part of his body culmination now with his back had eaten dirt. Oh and also a whole lot of pain cause Sonny's father took his job as a throwdown trainer very seriously. Really, this was one thing people needn't be conscientious about. Every muscle in Chad's body was screaming and his legs felt a bit like jelly and also his blue eyes were watering a lot. That was from the dust okay? Not from the training wringer he was being put through. Chad Dylan Cooper never cried except in emotional scenes to convey his metro sexual manliness. Otherwise he never did. Period.
"Get up beta! That Bish fellow bigger than me and if you cry likes this, he will take advantages of you and then he will marry Sonny and I will be angry and throw you into pond!" Sonny's father roared. That had Chad jumping right up and this time when Sonny's dad launched a punch at him, Chad was able to parry decently and throw one of this own.
For two more hours, Sonny's dad kept ambushing Chad but mercifully Chad had learnt atleast something in the the last few days and he was able to duck and dodge and counterattack decently.
"Hmm. This will do beta. I'm thinking when fight happens tomorrow; you will put up okay fight. If all else fails, you take Sonny and run faraway!" Sonny's father said ponderously tugging on his giant mustaches all the while. Chad could see that this was a difficult decision for him to make, especially to ask his own daughter to runaway and get married. But it was either that or Bikram Bish forcefully taking her and Chad wasn't going to let that happen.
Okay, he was going to win this damn fight by all means. Hook or crook. Whatever it took.
"No worries Uncle. I'll beat him for sure and make him chutney and then I'll get married to Sonny here." This was said in such a triumphant confident voice and it made Chad believe that if he wanted too, and for Sonny's sake he wanted too, he would win the damn fight. Of course this pronouncement also made Sonny's father's face turn a violent shade of purple and before he knew it, Chad was being hugged mercilessly. He manfully hugged his in-law back and winced a little because he was sure that somewhere in his body some bones were crying out as they cracked from the force of the hug.
Suddenly he was thrust back and then Sonny's father harrumphed and tugged at his mustaches some more before going away. He so did not have a handle on emotional moments. Chad winced a bit a but smiled at the retreating figure. Awesome, he had just got the actual induction into the family vote of confidence hug from Sonny's dad.
Now to go and find Sonny and tell her that he was so ready for the fight and that he would fight until he won.
He set off in search of her, whistling a happy cheerful tune.
//
He found Sonny standing amongst the wheat fields looking very wistful and pretty. He stood for a moment and admired the pretty picture she cut. Her bright red sari stood out against the golden stalks of wheat and the sunshine bounced off her hair as it fluttered playfully in the breeze. This was a moment Chad wanted to capture forever in his head. For all he knew, they would never again be in a wheat field especially an Indian one where the sun shone brightly against an azure sky and where golden wheat stalks contrasted beautifully with the lush greenery around it.
Seeing her in this setting made him feel like his heart was singing. He couldn't really place a finger on it but it seemed like everything between them so far had happened so that it could lead up to this one moment where Chad could feel his world tilt on its axis. But he liked it. He enjoyed it. So far, his world had been only him and no one else. But coming here, having parents who actually cared and then learning about yourself and learning a lot more about Sonny had broadened his world. Now Sonny was an integral part of it. Maybe she always had been from the time he saw her but he only realized it now, in this very moment.
//
Rafta rafta, haule haule,
Slowly, slowly, softly, softly
Dil ko churaya tumne,
You stole my heart,
Dil ko to pata bhi na chala.
And my heart never even realized it.
Chori chori chupke chupke
Secretly, secretly, stealthily, stealthily,
Jadoo jagaya tumne,
You wove your magic around me,
Dil ko to pata bhi chala.
And my heart never even realized it.
//
Sonny was now standing in front of him and he never even noticed her sneak up on him. The words coming out of his mouth were melodious and sweet and Chad could understand what he was sninging, as if he was almost meant to be doing it. He had met Sonny quite a while ago. But his feelings for her had snuck up on him unawares and before he knew it, she had him all wrapped around her finger and head over heels.
//
Kabhi ha, kabhi naa hum karte rahe.
We kept saying sometimes yes and sometimes no,
Chupke aahe bhi, bharte rahe
And sometimes we sighed in secret
Dekhate dekhate, ye kya ho gaya
And while we kept watching, look what happened.
Rafta rafta, haule haule,
Slowly, slowly, softly, softly
Dil ko churaya tumne,
You stole my heart,
Dil ko to pata bhi na chala.
And my heart never even realized it.
//
Sonny sang back smiling and Chad could feel himself grinning. They had been so contradictory about each other and when the other had not been looking they had admitted to traitorous feelings of like and love which they wouldn't really do otherwise. And after while, look at where it had brought them.
They were in a strange land with only each other for company and yet it had brought them much closer than being in Hollywood ever would and it had driven home a few truths. Like they fact that they actually loved each other despite hiding under the cloak of petty enemies for so long.
Also it felt totally nice to know that feelings for him had totally snuck up on Sonny unawares too. It gave his slightly battered ego a boost to know that he had not been the only one.
//
Raaton main ab, tera sapna, mujhko aata hai.
Now in the nights, sometimes I dream of you
Ek angdai, ek bechaini, deke jaata hai.
It leaves me with a want and certain loneliness
Teri aankhon ka, main deeawana hoon,
I'm crazy about your eyes
Tere hothon ka, main paimana hu,
And I'm the vessel to your lips
Tu ye jaane na.
But you'll never know this.
//
Wait! That was not supposed to come out at all. Sure that was all true and he was crazy about Sonny's eyes and had sometimes imagined how it would feel to kiss her and he had also dreamed about her plenty more but she didn't need to know that!
All the same it came out, encased in a very pretty tune and Sonny's smile turned into a smirk that had Chad profusely blushing.
Ohmygawd, how embarrassing for him, especially now that Sonny knew all about his dreams and such. Seriously, wasn't there a filter in his Sonny addled brain?
Probably sensing his embarrassment Sonny stepped up and gave him a kiss. Okay, that didn't take away a lot of the embarrassment but it sure did make him feel good especially since she was the one voluntarily kissing him.
Sonny! The very same Sonny who made him kiss a pig once instead of her.
AWESOME!
//
Rafta rafta, haule haule,
Slowly, slowly, softly, softly,
Dil ko churaya tumnee
You stole my heart
Dil ko, to pata bhi na chala.
And my heart never even realized it.
//
Sonny ended the song with a reiteration of the chorus and it made Chad's heart jump in more ways than one because the chorus was simply this that, he had captured her heart and she didn't even know.
"So I guess that was the song you were talking about," Chad said, his face etched with what seemed to be a permanent smile. Sonny's ending chorus confession of sorts may have played a very big part in that.
"Stop grinning like the cat that ate the canary!" Sonny grumbled, blushing profusely because of the way Chad was smiling. Fine, she liked him okay? And the stupid romantic song had made her admit that. So much for saying that she violently disliked him and all.
"Ha! All you did was admit you liked me. I was the one who admitted to embarrassing stuff their rival for primetime tween tv shouldn't have even known about!" Chad said his face turning red. He was still embarrassed about those admissions. It left him feeling very vulnerable because obviously Sonny would now tease the heck out of him. Coming to think of that, why was he being such an idiot and bringing that up again.
"True! Your admissions were more embarrassing than mine." Sonny crowed happily. She continued to needle Chad and tease him until Chad lost his patience and did what any normal guy would do to shut up a girl he had just admitted to having feelings about.
He kissed her.
Well and truly.
Soundly and thoroughly.
Good thing for him, Sonny responded in the same way.
And then the wheat stalks obscured them from view.
Because in real Bollywood movies, it was all about the mystery of imagining that two people were majorly sucking face.
Oh yes.
I know the throwdown didn't happen this time but it's happening next for sure. So this means, there are three more chapters to go. Sigh, I don't make it easy for myself. The song is called Rafta rafta, haule haule and it's from the movie Hulchul. It's one of the cutest songs ever and I think it fit Chad and Sonny very well. Of course the song doesn't belong to me. Nor does SWAC.
Next update coming hopefully soon. :)
Mistakes will be edited tomorrow. I am too sleepy and sick now to be coherent.