A/N: I swear this isn't bull shit this time. I SWEAR. This is what I hope to be a revised version of the original. I just didn't LIKE IT ANYMORE. It kept going off track and i kept getting different ideas, but I'm sticking with this one. ("yearh right, she's such a fucking liar she's got me fucked up I don't fucking care no more") I feel like that's what some of y'all are saying but guess what. I just want to have a good complete full story I wrote and published all by myself. I want that satisfaction. I want this on people's favorites, I want this to be something people will always come back to, I want to be the next Rick Riordan damn it. No, I kid. That last part only lol. Seriously though, I struggle with chapter stories and it's ridiculous but I've had this idea for like four years now. I just never got to writing it until what, 2013-14? Amidst all of that, a virus on my computer ended up deleting all my stories which I'm still upset about. Seriously, I had shit on there from when I was 11. It's depressing as all hell but I'm not giving up on this story. Even if I have six readers, I'm completing this damn it. So here we go, take 7 on Licking Flames.


They were so warm... so soft and tender against her chest. She cradled their tiny bodies in each of her arms keeping them close for as long as she could. She wanted to breathe their sweet honeydew scent for oxygen, she wanted to keep their warm heads nestled against her neck and to feel their soft breath exhaling into her skin. God, she wanted to be there for them always but she wasn't going to. It finally sunk deep within her, the knowledge that her sons would grow up without her lodged harshly into her heart like an enlarged splinter. Tears welled up in her eyes and spilled over messily. How could this happen? Why did it have to be this way? She closed her eyes and tugged her babies closer. A single sob engulfed the dark room. This wasn't how it was supposed to be.

"I'm sorry," she whispered brokenly into the pair of heads resting peacefully against the crook of her neck. "Mommy is so sorry... I love you both so very much. I love you. I love y-you!" she cried softly and nuzzled her teary face against the top of both heads. "I'll watch over you, I promise I will." she murmured brokenly. A soft coo made her eyes open and she glanced down, heart full of pride and sorrow as she stared down into doe eyes that were fluttered half way open. A tear dropped down and landed right underneath an eye which she carefully wiped off with a shaky, slender finger. "Mama's baby... I love you." she leaned down and pressed her lips gently against a warm forehead before trailing them over each eye. When she pulled back the dark orbs were wide open and staring up at her. "Oh Natsu." she sniffled and her lips pulled into a watery smile.

"He has your eyes." the soft, husky voice came from her right and she looked over to stare at her husband. She forgot he was beside her, too lost with the warm babies in her arms. But now she stared at the man she's loved since high school and nearly sobbed again. The sight of him broke her heart and she would've reached out to him but her arms were full with her sons. "They both do." the man was hunched over in the hospital chair, his broad shoulders slumped in defeat. His dark eyes were dull and stained red from un-shed tears. His black, short spiky hair drooped mournfully just as his mood. She wanted to pull him into her arms and keep him there forever. She wanted to do a lot at the moment with her newborn family until forever but she couldn't. Her life was slipping away every passing second. She was dying. Her husband didn't believe it when the doctor informed them but... she did. During her contractions, she had felt something inside of her stop. Like a light switch getting flipped off. It was as simple as that and the most painful excruciating sensation she had ever experienced in her life. She has a weak body even as a child. It was, unfortunately, the one thing she never grew out of. Her pediatrician, Porlyusica Grandeeney, warned her many times when she was older that giving birth would cause complications for her body. The woman grimly smiled at the thought of her old pediatrician. Once the news got around, she would surely have a cow when she finds out her ex-client not only gave birth to one but two babies. Twins to be exact. The woman, the newly mother, stared warmly at her babies in her arms. Zeref Nikkita and Natsu Ren Dragneel. As if they heard their mother say their names in her mind, two pairs of dark eyes rolled up to gaze at her unblinkingly in an owl like manner. Breath catching, she could only stare at her beautiful sons with eyes full of love.

But the sweet moment was cut short. Something inside of her panged painfully, reverberating her body like an echo. Her vision went blurry and her arms began to tremble, the light weight of her sons suddenly feeling like a ton each in her arms. The doctor told her the main problem was she had lost too much blood. She felt it, her brain was starting to grow fuzzy. "I-Inigo." she gasped shortly, a soft voice dowsed in pain. "Take them. I-I feel like I'll drop them." she cried quietly. Her husband, Inigo, had the two babies in his own strong arms in an instant and had called the nurse in right after. The man didn't notice a second nurse materialize beside him and gently plucked the becoming restless babies from his arms. He was too busy staring with slight crazed eyes at the doctor and a third nurse who hovered over his wife. Surya stared back at him, her dark eyes wide and her skin impeccably paler than it's ever been. Her dark, red hair was matted with dried sweat and limp. But her eyes... she stared deep into his own and conjured up a weak smile. "I love you." her lips read softly. And then he lost eye contact with her. Her eyes had closed.

The next few moments were chaotic. Someone in the room emitted, "Her heart is failing at a rapid pace.", and Inigo lost it. Just as Surya, his dying wife, had been lost in her own thoughts, he had been drowning in his. His thoughts tugged him like a rag doll caught in a twister. Everything from 'How can I be a father on my own?' to 'I can't live without her' abused his mind. When they found at that they were having twins, he had been so scared and excited. He and the woman of his dreams were going to raise two healthy boys together and start their own family generation. The thought was exhilarating just as it was terrifying, but they would do it together. At least that was the plan. He was on his own now. And he was so lost.

They ended up having to sedate Inigo and place him in a spare room while the twins were rushed out the room screaming their lungs out. It was a miracle that Surya had stayed alive as long as she had after giving birth but her body was at its limit and it was only fourteen minutes after everything that she had died. When Inigo came to an hour later, it was to be slapped with the news of his dead wife. Instead of losing it again, he had shut down. Staring at the white plaster ceiling with bland eyes, Inigo felt like he didn't exist. The love of his life ripped away just like that and leaving him two sons to take care of on his own. They were his first children... he was now a father for the first time ever; just how was he going to handle parenthood all by himself?


End A/N: So? Comments? Concerns? Thoughts? Critique? I have one question- will someone beta this for me? I edited this on my own but I'm not perfect and I also would like input before posting future chapters so inbox me if you're interested? If not, it's all good. I'll survive. *pouts*

I'd like to note that this is still a song-fic, it's still Gray/Natsu, and it's going to be M for various reasons. I might post this on AO3 for the smut but we shall see. I feel like I've dialed it down a lot but eh, better safe than sorry.

Thank you for reading! :)