Another Satisified Customer - A Short Story [#3]

Inspiration: https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=61131440

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            "Step right up and behold our amazing line of beans and bean products!" The horned child announced with pride. His older brother watched from behind. He said nothing, but his gaze was fixed on the ongoing transaction.

            "Oh, what kind of beans?" The young human girl the child had practiced his sales pitch on giggled.

            "Only the greatest beans hand harvested by Fiend kind," the horned boy spoke while he almost jumped in place.

            "You're so cute," the girl cooed, "I'll buy a dozen." The horned child was happy for a moment on his successful sale, but then his expression turned sour.

            "I'm not cute!" He fumed while he bared his fangs, "I'm ferocious and scary."

            "Oh my you certainly are," the girl humored him with a faux look of horror.

            "Ha, of course I am," the horned boy beamed with pride. His brother rolled his eyes but made no comment.

            After the girl paid for her beans and vanished into the crowd the boy began to count his earnings. "Another satisfied customer and more proof of my ferocious terror," the Fiend boy praised himself.

            His brother rolled his eyes again, but a sudden thought drifted his gaze down towards his sibling. "Yeah, she was in total fear of your cuteness," the brother commented.

            "Obviously," the younger sibling agreed before he realized the meaning of the comment, "wait no, I'm not cute."

            "She certainly seemed to think so," the elder jabbed playfully.

            "No she was frozen in terror," the younger exaggerated, "she was practically throwing her money at me to go away."

            "Sure she was," his brother sighed as his sibling continued to pout at his feet.

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This story was inspired by an artwork from the artist "DemizuPosuka," linked here:
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=61131440 
I have to admit, I'm enraptured by this person's art syle, it's so weird, creative and hits basically all my buttons for artwork (expressive characters, detailed environments, wide angle cityscapes and close up interior shots).