My Roommate Is Famous?!
One viral video turned my home upside down
One ordinary morning, I had my coffee ready and opened my phone as usual.
To my shock, Luka's messy face had been shared thousands of times online.
A video of his dancing cleaning robot had been watched by millions .
Apparently, a famous had had his team film Luka's tiny apartment lab.
"I have finally been discovered!" Luka shouted, waving his phone in the air.
Reporters had been calling since dawn, and our would not stop ringing.
I had never had so many strangers stand outside our building before.
Luka got a neighbour to bring him a suit so he could look .
He asked me to help him prepare, so I got his shirt ironed and his shoes cleaned.
"You should get your own social media account," he told me seriously.
Within a day, his invention had been featured on three morning TV shows.
Companies had his email flooded with offers to buy his silly little robot.
Luka made me answer the phone while he practised his brilliant smile.
"Tell them," he said grandly, "that my genius has finally been recognised."
I got the living room cleaned just in time for a real television crew.
The reporters had the whole flat lit with bright lamps and huge cameras.
During the , Luka had me stand beside him like a proud manager.
"This success has been built on friendship," he announced to the camera.
I was surprised, because my name had never been mentioned by him before.
For one strange week, my quiet roommate had been turned into a local star.
Then, as quickly as it had started, the attention faded away completely.
The robot broke, the videos were forgotten, and the reporters disappeared.
Luka sat quietly on the sofa, looking smaller than I had ever seen him.
"Ken," he said softly, "was any of that real, or was it all just noise?"