Hedgegrove    

"What are you talented at?"

Elena was surprised at Ren's question and couldn't form an answer on the spot. "Asking me so suddenly . . . hmm . . ."

Elena skimmed her jawline, head raising over the clouds, thinking. "Let's see . . . from all the things I can think of . . . yep, that's the only thing that came to mind."

She threw a toothy grin at Ren's way and answered, "I'm good at fighting."

To that, Ren agreed with a slight laugh.

"Agh, you smiled!" The Princess exclaimed. "This is the first time I saw you laugh."

"Really?" Ren didn't know that.

Elena nodded and switched her attention to the road. "Yes. You should smile more often. It makes you look approachable."

". . ." Ren didn't comment. The smile on his face was gone. He admitted that being happy was hard nowadays, and he didn't know what he should be smiling about.