Sunburn

"You always ask to look at my photo whenever I take any pictures of AUBREY. Do I... maybe... sense a little crush?"

- Basil teasing Sunny about his crush

Sunburn is the het ship between Sunny and Aubrey from the Omori fandom.

Canon
The two are close childhood friends. In Memory Lane, Basil says that Sunny always asks to see the photos he takes of Aubrey. When Basil says that he senses a little crush on Sunny’s side, Sunny slowly feels his ears turning red as he was embarrassed and surprised Basil knew. Basil promises that he will not tell anyone. One of Sunny’s favorite memories, found in the Lost Library, is of his head falling on Aubrey’s shoulder as they drove home from the beach. In the Backstage, Aubrey mentions how the two of them used to sit on the swings while Aubrey would talk to Sunny for hours, and she also talks about how alone she felt before he and everyone else came along.

In the dream world, as Dream Aubrey has a one-sided crush on Omori, likely because of Sunny’s crush on Aubrey that he never got to act upon, as he created headspace and likely made it this way. At one of the picnic events, Aubrey says that she and Omori would be good together. During a fight, if Aubrey looks at Omori and he doesn’t respond, her follow-up attack will be stronger. Near the end of the headspace segments, after the follow-ups are completely leveled, Omori will look back at her and her attack will become even stronger. In one of the interactables, the couch in the junkyard, Aubrey leans her head on Omori’s shoulder. When they encounter the Slime Girls, Aubrey gets very defensive of Omori, shouting at them not to touch him.

When Aubrey and Sunny first meet, he stabs her, likely used to doing that during fights i his dreams, and probably not to intentionally hurt her. She later calls him a psychopath for carrying a knife around with him, and express her anger with him and the rest of her former friends for moving on too fast.

In the late game, Aubrey talks to Sunny on the swings she apologizes to him, mentioning that she really does care about him. She tells him that she was just shocked and angry to see him there, and she was furious with him for leaving everyone after Mari died. The two throughout the game seemed to be relatively neutral toward each other, Aubrey’s anger mainly directed at Kel and Basil, and Sunny never insulting her or being rude. In many of their one-on-one interactions, one or both of them is usually blushing. Later on, at Sunny’s house, she tries to talk to him and ask him something while blushing, but she is cut off by Kel. Aubrey apologizes to Sunny, Kel, and Hero outside. Sunny is seen blushing when he is pulled in for a group hug, as he’s pushed very close to Aubrey. Aubrey asks Sunny if he’ll come visit sometime in the sleepover scene.

In the tags, Dreamworld Aubrey is much happier tagging Omori than anybody else. Realworld Aubrey looks less annoyed tagging Sunny than with Kel or Hero.

Quotes
"What a HUNK!"

- Headspace Aubrey about OMORI "Hey, Sunny... Sorry, I was so mean to you before. I think seeing you caught me by surprise... though I guess that's a pretty crappy excuse. I hope you've been doing okay and stuff... I'm sure everything was really hard for you to deal with. Sometimes I think I was the one who should've been there for you. I don't know if we'll really get over Mari's death... but it's okay to take it slow. To allow yourself to feel every emotion... and to have patience. A-Anyway, I just want you to know... that I still care about you and stuff. I've been thinking about this since I saw you, but I think you've been looking a little pale... and kind of thin, too. After you move, promise you'll go outside more often, okay?"

- Aubrey to Sunny (SUNNY ROUTE)

Fanon
Sunburn is quite popular in the fandom. Though rivaled with Sunflower and Kimbrey, this pairing manages to be one of the most popular ships in the fandom There are a few different interpretations for where the ship name comes. A few are that it comes from the first three letters of Sunny’s name, and burn being from his n and Aubrey’s u, b, and r, the fact that Aubrey was a former bully and bullies tend to “burn” their victims in some ways, and because of Aubrey having an "explosive" personality. Some people also believe it is because in the books in the, one of the excerpts describes the friend group driving back from a day at the beach. During the car ride, Sunny's head accidentally drops onto Aubrey's shoulder. He pretends to be asleep and feels the sting of a sunburn on his nose. It says that this moment made Sunny very happy and he promises to never forget it. Some believe it is because of Aubrey's hair since it's pink and when you get sunburnt, your skin becomes like sort of pinkish-red. There are currently 725 works written for this ship in Archive Of Our Own, and it is the second most written ship, coming behind HeroMari, and after Sunflower.

Some fans also think that Aubrey may have had a crush on Sunny, but it has never been confirmed. This fan theory is a headcanon for most of the fans of the pair. Fans also think that Omori and Headspace Aubrey would be better, due to how rude Aubrey is now that she's changed changed. But later on in the game, it was only because she missed Mari and was furious with Sunny and the others on why they were not there when Mari died. This theory is also believed by some non-shippers.

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Trivia

 * In the Real World tags, it is shown that Aubrey doesn't hurt Sunny, which means Sunny is the only one who didn't get hurt by her in the tags.
 * Sunny is often seen blushing everytime Aubrey is with him in Basil’s photo album.
 * The ship name "Weapon Fight" comes from Aubrey and Sunny carrying a weapon, a knife for Sunny and bat for Aubrey.
 * It is implied the two sat on the swings when they were younger, Aubrey would talk to Sunny while he would listen for hours and hours, Sunny always seemed to have time for Aubrey.
 * Basil teases Sunny, asking him if he has a crush on Aubrey when he asks to see the photos he took of Aubrey.
 * In both of Aubrey’s fights, she targets Kel first, and won’t attack Sunny unless Kel’s health is fully depleted.

Variations

 * Burnt Sunflower refers to the ship between the two and Basil
 * Melted Candy refers to the ship between the two and Kim
 * Secret Hangout refers to the ship between the two, Basil, Hero, Kel and Mari
 * Sunscreen refers to the ship between the two and Kel
 * Sunshine refers to the ship between the two, Basil and Kel