A/N

Thank you everyone who read to the end! I really, really appreciate that you all took the time to read this far and those of you who review. Thank you all so, so much! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope this ending is satisfying enough. Thank you all again!

The RESET went smoothly.

Sans had awoke in his room, tired but not quite exhausted. A few stretches, a quick look in a mirror and he realized that the changes caused by his SOUL were still there. His eye sockets still shone blue, and all and all, he felt more energized. Luckily with the RESET, his soul-strings decided their time was better spent in his SOUL. His dim, white SOUL. No long coursing with the power of DETERMINATION.

He didn't mind.

Explaining the eyes to Papyrus wasn't hard in the slightest. In fact, the taller skeleton didn't question it at all. Whether the memories of the last loop or not were still in his skull, no one knows. Although, Sans had caught him on several occasions. Tracing the edge of his cheekbone with his gloved hand, as if to prod at the scar that was never there. But aside from that, he showed no sign of remembering anything.

Sans had again taken up his habit of going to the door in Snowdin, exchanging jokes and stories with the woman who didn't know his name anymore. Undyne kept her habit of 'training' Papyrus, Alphys stayed mainly in her lab. Frisk, he assumed, was living with Toriel in the RUINS. As it was, apparently this run around, the child decided not to rush into an adventure. So, judging from the small scurrying footsteps behind the door, it would only make sense they were there. Sans couldn't blame them for taking their time. After everything that happened last loop, he needed a break too.

It was maybe a week or two later, and Sans was just beginning to fall back into his routine. He nestled himself into his station in the woods, drinking ketchup and letting his heavy pseudo-eyelids close to sleep. He was listening to the distant sounds of the dogs when a high-pitched voice call out to him.

"Howdy, Sans!" said a chipper flower.

Sans bolted awake, staring at where the plant was perched on his station.

"asriel?" he blinked. Suddenly his expression shifted to a dark one "aw geez, what'd i do-"

"Shut up." Flowey said curtly. He bobbed up and down "Don'tchu worry about lil' ol' me! I'm fine. Really!" He grinned "I mean, Chara and I can see and talk to each other again. It's great!" He suddenly wilted a bit, pouting to accent it "I mean, when I'm outside of the Menu Screen I have to be a flower, but I'm Asriel in it!"

"oh." Sans grinned his relief "okay. i'll admit, i was worried i trapped ya back in a plant again."

"Oh golly." Flowey chirped. "Nope! I'm all okay!"

Sans tilted his skull "ok. then why are you back here?"

"Oh! Yeah!" Flowey exclaimed "Hold on a sec!" he flooped away briefly, before reappearing with a crudely made card in his mouth. He placed it in front of Sans. "Chara and I made this for you! Well…I made it. But I wrote what Chara wanted to in it!"

"oh?" Sans said, shaking the plant slobber off the card. Upon opening it, he found several crude crayon drawings inside. From deductive reasoning, he found they were supposed to be himself, Asriel, and Chara. Shaky writing near the top said:

Thanks for lending me your SOUL!- Asriel

Sorry for killing you and everyone you love. Repeatedly. –Chara

Sans couldn't keep the annoyance off his face.

"Yeah, I know." Flowey sighed "But she really wanted to apologize."

"tell her i appreciate the thought, k?" Sans said, subtly sliding the card into his coat.

"Sure!" Flowey chirped. He looked bashful a moment, looking away "But yeah. Sorry….For that." He fidgeted, looking around in a sudden desperate attempt to change the subject. "So hey, wasn't your SOUL all wonky in its whole timeline thing? How are you going to fix that?"

Sans winked at him "don't have to."

"What?" Flowey blinked. He suddenly looked annoyed "What, did that problem conveniently go away or something?"

"nah sprout, that'd be lazy story telling."

"What-?"

"as it turns out, when you absorbed my SOUL, it synced up with your timeline instead of this one." Sans explained. He gave a light shrug "so i should be good."

"Golly." Flowey grinned "Look at me helping you."

"yeah. thanks." Sans said.

Then there was an awkward silence.

"So…Bye." Flowey said quietly, slowly burrowing into the ground "I'll tell Chara you said hi."

"see ya, sprout." Sans waved "feel free to come bug me whenever." He winked "just don't kill everyone, k?"

"RUDE!" Flowey hissed, he quickly burrowed downwards, only to leave his mouth very slightly above the ground. "Er…yeah. I guess I'll bug ya sometime though."

Sans chuckled, waving as the flower made his way.

He sighed contently, slouching over his station and closing his eyes again. It was quiet. He was tired. It was time for a nap.

When his phone vibrated.

Annoyed that his slumber was once again interrupted, Sans flipped open his phone with a yawn. Rubbing at his eye sockets, he blinked his confusion when he saw that Alphys had texted him.

Time Received: _1213tgfgbvmcfgbhfggxERRORfjzse;ofj;gjxdf

Unnerving. But he read it anyway.

…

Hey Sans, I don't know if this'll work. I had to mess with a lot of things but I hope it gets to you.

Before we started the plan (that hopefully worked) I injected myself with DETERMINATION. Not a lot, really. Just…. Just enough so HOPEFULLY I'll remember something. Sans, if I don't, I'm sorry. But just know, that no matter what Timeline it might be, if you called and asked for help I would be overjoyed to hear from you. A bit shy, probably, but happy. I'll do everything in my power to help you, somehow.

I guess that's it,

Alphys

Sans found his grin grow as his eye sockets scanned the message. The lights that served as his pupils shone brighter as they moved left to right. Although, there was a certain bitterness to his grin. Half-lidded sockets, a bit of a forced lift to his mouth. His shoulders rose. A nice gesture, but-

Riiinnngg Riiiinnnggg

Sans blinked as his phone rung. The number was Alphys's and he tried not to expect anything when he answered it.

"'sup, sans here." He said casually.

"H-h-hi S-s-sans…." Stammered the voice. He could practically see her fidgeting "I-I-I…. Uh- Sans, I d-d-don't even know h-how I kn-knew this n-number, but I-I-I did…." She took a few raspy breathes "I-I-I… Uh….."

"breathe, alphy." Sans suggested. He heard a sharp, slightly too long inhale and dragged out exhale. The line was silent for a moment.

"D-do you w-wanna c-come over and w-w-watch anime?" she asked nervously. Sans let out a sharp laugh that lasted close to a minute. "U-Uh…." Alphys stammered. Sans wiped a tear from the corner of his eyes and grinned.

"Sure."

Tra la la…

…

The End.