@mrunknown89 hello! i appreciate your question and i'd like to address it with all my heart. before even crafting my work, i would always make sure that i have them planned—the plot, characters, settings, etc—before writing it. however, the first installment of cigarette boys is truly an unexpected turn to my whole writing journey. the ideas popped out of nowhere, and every time i face a blank sheet, they are solely surging in.
when i wrote the disclaimer of my story, i truly meant if. and if it's not enough, i'd like to repeat it again. this is a work of fiction. any simmilarity adjacent to different stories is purely a product of coincidence.
to put them in simpler words, this story of mine has no inclination to other stories of our respected authors. i love writing, and the ideas are all a product of my stubborn mind. thank you (^^)