The story of chinky munky

Wednesday.Woke up thrashing the alarm to a corner of the room.zzzzzz.zzzzzzz. Open eyes.. zzzzzz..zzzzz.open eyes..shit! Rummage under the pillow for my phone and the time along with the simultaneous screaming of my mother was a clear indicator that I had overslept.So the day continues and I sit at my study desk. Throw away the yoghurt cups which had accumulated over 2 days. Reprimanding myself for not being organised . Switched on the laptop and checked my FB page .For someone who cant colour code her clothes properly I'm a little too fussy when it comes to Fb. I'd like to check the friends requests,the messages and then deal with the notifications.So as usual friends request were dealt with very fast(0 mutual friends and a small note with one that read" madam friendship??") and headed over to the messages .There I saw one from a weirdo who I have no clue about ..argghh delete ... what nonsense ..and then .. a message from pushku with just one word . It read"Chinks?". Its beautiful how that one word with a question mark meant many questions at a time . It meant "Hello .where are you ? Havent seen you online for a couple of days.Is everything alright . Are you studying anything ?"No Im not a hallucinating psycho. its just a deeper understanding .The chinks always gets the munk. 23-24 yrs ago a girl was born in the where abouts of chalakudy . She was the first child of her parents . 4 days later a boy was born in the where abouts of trichur . He was the happy addition to his family and a best friend his sister would come to love and support . Years passed ,girl joined college .Different environment ,different people and most differently a nonsensical college.Overwhelming fear and the inability to cope up with people so different from her haunted her and resulted in grumpiness so extreme it was difficult not to notice. Few days later ,a friend (someone who had mustered up the courage to befriend grumpy ) introduced her to a thin emaciated guy .The true blue malayali nerd she thought . But then that very moment he looked up and gave the widest grin possible . Grumpy was shocked . Something unexpected had happened . Why did he smile? Does he do that to everyone ? Man , he's weird ! He just met me a millisecond ago! what nonsense !. Theories were conceptualized and disposed at a fast rate in grumpy's brain . Nevertheless she let it go. Full fledged classes began. Usual college drama followed by "I'm not friends with you anymore .you suck" , "Who the hell does she think she is ?" and 'Will u ever be passing an anatomy exam ?" seemed to be a monotonous drone to grumpy.Sitting in the anatomy dissection hall she was fiddling with her scalpel.Thoughts drifting from one shore to the other.So many questions. Was it worth leaving home and coming here to hell? Why are people so annoying ? Staring into a distant gaze ,thought processes in full progress she was suddenly alarmed by the sight of two eyes fixed upon her . Realized it was grin guy. Not to seem rude she nods a hi.Grin guy gives his toothpaste ad smile again! Something about that made her laugh . From then on Grumpy and Grin guy were more of acquaintances. The occasional hello and the nodding of heads in the corridor gradually progressed to "I'm going to bunk this one!","I'm @#$@$$ for this exam ". But unfortunately there wasn't enough time for the bonding to continue as the heavy hands of first year exams started smothering them.Grumpy was grumpier than usual since anatomy lady told her to sit three years and take her time to write. Grin guy was pulling out his hair cursing himself for loitering about rather than studying. Exams came like a summer rain.Ended in a flash. Grumpy and grin guy much to the surprise of their professors had managed to clear their papers. Bring on second year .Clinics. A new world.Expecting people to respect you though you cant ask a decent question regarding their health. Grumpy and Grin guy got alloted into the same batch. Which was the turning point of their intertwining lives. Many seasons changed .People changed . Grumpy was not grumpy as before she had a new outlook and was acclimatised to her surroundings. Made friends .Some that she realized later in the future as hideous and some that she knew she would hold on to for eternity.Grin guy on the other hand was popular than before .Charming personality and funny sense of humor earned him a well respected place in the hearts of most of his batchmates. Both of them sat in class ,talked nonsense and were now friends . Not acquaintances. Years passed by at lightning speed .Grumpy and grin guy were still friends . Now sitting in gynec class googling random stuff on the phone.Situations came and went .some of them were sad and some of them happy.Both of them never discussed anything. It was always about the very moment they were talking to each other . The next fear in a medico's life was the final year exam. Stress and more stress . Grumpy wanted to jump out of a window and grin boy on retrospect grinned pretty less. That too passed and they were now doctors.They started officially working. Which according to both of them was silly as during the years of interaction they had come to know that the element of laziness was a common factor for them to bond on. They did started seeing each other more frequently and briefly worked together in medicine with grumpy sleepwalking and grin boy thoroughly disoriented right by her side. Busy night shifts and duties were dealt with by catching up for a brief breakfast or a whirlwind dinner. Since phones were also legalized at this point it was much easier. Even to this day they are thankful to vodafone for the free message program. Hurried calls to wake each other up in time for duty as well as calls of frustration dotted with cuss words regarding departments were pretty common. Grin boy was one of the few souls who bravely sat in the seat of a car driven by grumpy when history had it that she backed into a JCB even though she had a parking sensor! Through clenched teeth he would compliment her near pathetic driving skills to build up her confidence . Night time drives to cocoa tree was a part of their stress relief program. A year passed .Convocation day arrived . Proud parents and their beaming medico children gathered in the auditorium . Grumpy searched for grin man . By now Grumpy senior (dad) was also searching . Suddenly out of nowhere a well suited grin boy appears . With the biggest grin of his that she had seen to date ! They proceeded for their graduation.In between the chit chat and nervousness grumpy thought she heard grin boys name being announced . "Hmm . cant be "' We werent rank holders " ..and then she sees him moving towards the stage . "Whaat??" feeling a bit betrayed she asked her friend "What was that prize for?" "For his voluntary service during Andhra flood relief" She beamed with pride. and thought "That is my best friend Up there" Days went by and it was time to leave .She was more of the attitude of good riddance to the college while he was more sentimental. The day she was leaving back home she met him. They talked about the nonsense they went through during the past 5 yrs. When it all ended there was a glistening tear in her eye. She told him bye and told him she'll keep in touch . They walked in opposite directions.And then He shouted "Hey chinks?" She turned back and asked:Yea?" "Take care huh!" "I will . U too " Sitting on the flight .Feeling miserable deep inside though she feigned all the happiness about leaving for good ,she got a text message on her phone . 'Oh crap. I should've turned this off" She looks at the message quickly before she turns it off . It read 'Chinky munky ..Take care .I will miss U .And mail me when U reach " Smiling she rested her head back on the seat .There was the assurance that he still will be her best friend. Zooming back to my coffee which has gone terribly cold .Yuck . Is this why Im not getting any sleep these days ?(!!) Places it down and she writes back "Munks?" which would 've answered all his questions . Smiling she clicks "send" knowing that grin boy now called munks would definitely get the drift of what grumpy just sent him