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It... was all just a dream...

... wasn't it...

when I wake up

I'll be back down there again

Stuck as that stupid flower again.

...

Right?

Asriel's eyes snapped open, his eyes drifting towards the ceiling of his bedroom, feeling the warm blankets that were gently laid on top of him. Yet what caught him off guard was the warm form of someone sleeping next to him. The single bed wasn't very large for the two of them, but Frisk had managed to curl her small form right next to him. Her head snuggled close to his cheek. Ever since she had brought him out of the Underground, she refused to be away from his side. At least... that's how it was —

When they exited out of the underground, Asriel feared the worse... that since he didn't have a SOUL of his own, that there was no way he would be able to stay in his form. And yet... here he lay, still in the form since that day. Frisk said it had something to do with her SOUL. That as long as he was nearby that he could share it with her...

... but after what happened yesterday.

—

      "Yes! Alphys said that she finally figured it out. Asriel, you have Determination in you. Even if obtained it when you were a Flower, you still had it in you when you turned back into your true form!"

Asriel blinked over at the girl, hearing her voice brim with excitement as he glanced over at the yellow reptilian. She gently shifted in her spot before nodding in agreement. But — he was still confused. What did his determination have to do about him not having a SOUL?

"How... does this help me again?"

          "W-Well... since your body is already has a decent about of determination. We can u-use a bit of the determination from Frisk SOUL to form you an Artificial SOUL. It won't be as strong as a Human SOUL... and it could be just as fragile as a Monster one... but I think it'll help you keep your form."

—

Asriel reached past his night shirt as he pulled out the locket. You could see through the small little window a gentle lime green light from his 'SOUL' that was formed it. With a slight red ting inside of it from Frisk's Determination... but he saw Frisk's SOUL after the determination was extracted. It no longer had that healthy glow of red anymore... but sat on the fence between a faded pink to almost transparent. He heard from Alphys talking to Undyne... it took a lot of Frisk's determination to give him even a tiny SOUL for his form to hold onto.

There was no guarantee that Frisk would ever be able to regain that determination again. There was one thing for sure... she could never be able to reset ever again. Yet she said that she never wanted to anyways. Yet how long would her own body be able to hold on with such a weak SOUL?

He could already feel tears well in his eyes. Was he really all worth it? Gently sniffling only to freeze in his spot when he heard movement. A soft mumbling coming from the warm body that was curled up next to him. Watching as Frisk's eyes slowly opened before looking over at him with a soft yawn. Yet her expression turning to worry as she saw the tears in his eyes. Moving up she reached out and gently wiped them away.

      "... A nightmare?"

He shook his head, turning his gaze away from her.

"... I wasn't... I really wasn't worth it Frisk."

He didn't see her watch him with confusion, wanting to avoid the look of pity that she would look upon him. Yet he felt warm arms wrap around him, feeling a hand gently touching the necklace that housed his SOUL. Alphys said it would probably be a temporary thing until they could actually get a SOUL that he could absorb into him. But for now this was the best that they could do.

He heard a gentle sigh as the girl exhaled a soft breath, holding Asriel close as he felt his face turn red.

    "It was my gift to you... whether you wanted it or not."