Shina was still standing in the middle of his small room with the phone pressed against his ear when his cousin finally stopped shouting.
"You're lying."
"I'm not lying!" Shina said, pacing back and forth like the floor itself was vibrating under his feet.
"You're telling me the video you posted yesterday is now over twenty million views?"
Shina pulled the phone away for a second and looked at the screen again just to be sure.
Twenty-one million, three hundred thousand.
He put the phone back to his ear.
"It's twenty-one now."
There was silence on the other side.
Then his cousin screamed.
"SHINA!"
Shina burst into laughter.
"I'm telling you I don't even understand it myself!"
His cousin started talking rapidly, words tripping over themselves.
"Bro, your life has changed! Do you understand what twenty million views means? Guy! Even some celebrities don't get this kind of number!"
Shina ran his hands through his hair again.
