Dudes in love...

Time Period - When I was in 1'st year MBBS
Site - Anatomy dissection hall

For a newly joined first year MBBS student bubbling with enthusiasm, Anatomy dissection table could mean only 2 things...

1) A place to learn the art of dissecting thro a dead cadaver and learning the fine nuances of the human anatomy. (level headed guys)

2) A place to prove that he/she is MBBS material n not wussies by wielding their scalpel at the poor dead cadaver. (Surgeon wannabes. Aarva kolaru guys)

Dunno why, but after a few weeks a few got bored of the necro-torture-philia... n we formed a group. Oh, we were interested in anatomy too !! One can say that we were more 'interested' in surface anatomy of our ovarian counterparts. Yeap, we were sighting/staring/ogling at the opposite sex standing opposite to us at the cadaver table. You've gotta accept there is something awesomely sexy about a girl swinging a scalpel n scissors !!

One fine day, as we were 'studying' the surface anatomy and 'grading' the grandeur of it... Something struck out. One of my friends was a little too much into his Cunnigham's Manual of Dissection. Before I could probe into this anomaly, Our professor came to the table and started teaching.

There is such a lot of nerves n arteries n veins in the human upper limb !! Got bored and tuned my attention to my friend. He was STILL reading the friggin Cunnigham's !! TRAITOR. On looking close, I couldn't believe it. Not only was the page he was reading had nothing to do with what we were dissecting, but the damn book was upside down !! (Thank God, The book was covered with brown sheets, or else he would be banned for life from the dissection hall. Capital crime in Anatomy.)

Reading a text book upside down could mean, either he has some really weird form of dyslexia or he has never once looked at the book from the start of the class (duh, easy answer !! occam's razor)

I slowly moved outta the dissection-interested crowd and towards him. BACK STABBING TRAITOR. The dude was sighting a girl without mingling with the crowd. Its kinda easy to know whether a guy is having a crush on a girl. We - guys make it pretty obvious (Not like girls !!)

-> The guy's eyes will be glimpsing at the girl's eyes or face or the lock of hair infront of her ears or lips (I could go on n on with this... I was a good student of surface anatomy u know).... rather than the more obvious below neck anatomy.

-> (This is a more definite sign) He splits from his usual group of sight see'ers and decides to ogle at her alone.

-> When she smiles, He smiles... When she perspires, He sweats.. etc etc

All symptoms - Present !! Definitely a serious crush... I whispered to him,

"Dai, Book thalai keela iruku da !!" (Your book is upside down man)

He changed the book's orientation.

"Avlo thookamaada ?? " (You are that asleep ??)

He feigned drowsiness n said "Aama da... kaalaila aaru manike enthichiten.. kadi." (Yeah man, woke up at 6 AM itself)

"Naan Nambitten da.." *sarcasm* (I definitely believe you man !!)

He gave a sheepish smile... Oh yeah, He knew that I knew !!

"Kanava...?? nadathu nadathu !!" (Dreams eh ?? continue ur good work..)

More sheepish smile !! DIAGNOSIS COMPLETE. Dude in Love !!
First year MBBS, Anatomy dissection hall was a highly gory, highly smelly, yet a highly romantic space.

P.S. - This was my first time stumbling across a love story in my college batch n there were more to follow. Many many more... Will be writing them in this series... "Dudes in Love"
I've been in love once. But, I've never been in an actual love story (where the love is mutual). But, I've been around a lot of love stories... Love stories of my close friends. Some of them secretive. Some of them untold. This series will be ME writing about MY PERSPECTIVE on THEIR LOVE STORIES. No names. Just the truth spiced up fiction.

Ciao