Suntan

Suntan is the slash ship between Sunny and Kel from the Omori fandom.

Real World
Kel is very close childhood friends with Sunny and each one is the other's first ever friend, they are also neighbors along with Hero. When Kel found out Sunny was moving away, he kept calling every week for months and eventually startined to knock when Sunny had 3 days to stay. On the first day Kel knocks on Sunnys door asking to hang out like old times sounding kind of melancholic, hoping for Sunny to answer. If the player chooses the option do nothing, Kel will continue to knock for a long while even though he isn't really expecting an answer. If Sunny does answer the door, Kel seems to be nervous at first but eager to hang out with Sunny and quickly warms up to him. The two later on go to Hobbeez.

At Hobbeez, Kel lets Sunny choose the gift for Hero as he thinks Sunny is better at picking gifts. When Kel ask to "borrow" 20 dollars from Sunny to buy the gift, Sunny easily gives them to him, despite being familiar with Kel not usually paying him back.

Kel worries greatly for Sunny's safety, like preventing him from walking in the street at all costs, or taking away his knife in fear of Sunny getting himself hurt.

After the church fight with Aubrey and obtaining the photo album, Kel tries to brighten up the dull mood. Kel might've recognised that the situation may have been very stressful for Sunny, and while he is aware that it is not the perfect time for a high five, he offers a high five anyway to make Sunny feel a bit better.

When Kel starts defending Basil, Kim points out that he's acting "all high and mighty", and while it was implied that he does stand up to The Hooligans often, Kim's dialogue implies that he wasn't acting all that confident before, which means that Sunny's presence motivates him and maybe that he wants to impress Sunny with his determined demeanour.

When Aubrey makes fun of Sunny for staying in his "own little bubble" for 4 years, Kel gets angry and is quick to defend Sunny. It can be speculated that at this point, Kel was scared, because he just got Sunny outside, and he's afraid that what Aubrey said might ruin it.

Sunny's attack raises three whole tiers from Kel's sheer encouragement. Another thing during fights is that Kel and Sunny can tend to each other's wounds using the first aid kit.

Kel also trusts Sunny a lot even after 4 years. When they're visiting Mari's grave on THREE DAYS LEFT, Kel opens up to Sunny about what happened on the first year after Mari died, he then says that he's never told that to anyone else before.

When Polly invites the two of them for dinner, Kel urges Sunny to accept as it's "free dinner", most likely because Kel may have noticed that Sunny's gotten thinner and just doesn't want to directly point it out, and instead, subtly tries to help him.

By the end of the day on THREE DAYS LEFT when Kel walks Sunny home, Kel cautiously says that he can tell that Sunny hasn't talked to anyone for a while, but he quickly reassures him that there's nothing wrong with that, and that all it takes is just a bit of practice.

When you enter Hobbeez on TWO DAYS LEFT, Kel reminisces about how the two of them used to sneak out at night to go to Hobbeez. As an afterthought, Kel comments that they "were pretty adventurous back then" with a deep blush and a nervous laugh.

Kel told Sunny how he was pretty awesome for jumping in the lake to save Basil. Kel says how Sunny deserves some recognition too. He then offers Sunny an high-five. (The player has an option to pick whenever Sunny should accept the high-five or not. You can get two achievements for high-fiving Kel but only one for not high-fiving Kel.)

Whenever Sunny takes a job in Faraway, Kel gently reminds him to work hard, and the way he says it shows that he really means it and doesn't say tell him that out of courtesy.

You can see the two in some photos in the photo album. In one of them, they are both holding a flower crown. In another one, Kel put a food bowl inside a box Sunny was sleeping in. In another one, it shows Kel hugging Sunny. When Kel is first introduced to the friend group Sunny is surprised when looking at him. Both of the characters have been in the friend group, with Basil, Aubrey, Hero and Mari. They both stopped talking/interacting for 4 years with the friend after Mari passed away. They both missed Mari very much. They were both also very sadden when she had passed away. They both went to the same school. The two are shown to be close in the dreamworld as well.

This impacted Sunnys mental health very negatively, yet Kel is shown to have a positive influence on Sunnys life, seeing Kel was the person that could make Sunny leave his self isolation, and also encourages him to get involved with and interact with other people. It's also reasonable to think Sunny and Kel would be one of most stable/healthy ships unlike most other Omori pairings.

Headspace
After Omori leaves White Space and talks to Kel, Kel seems extra excited to show him his new pet rock Hector!

During the hide-and-seek game that Berly forced everyone to play, Omori's friends are worried about him since he doesn't like to be alone. However, Kel is the only one who actively tries to keep Omori company by hiding somewhere obvious on purpose. He then helps Omori continue looking for the rest of the kids after telling him to not tell Berly about this.

At some point, Aubrey (supposedly Sunny's past crush) suggests that she and Omori go on an adventure together, just the two of them, but Kel immediately disagrees. The adventure with Omori and Aubrey never ends up happening, but it happens in Last Resort with Kel instead, and since this is all in Sunny's mind, it shows who he really wants to spend time with.

And in Last Resort, there are actually a lot of interruptions and extra things you have to do so you can find the rest. Like Kel having to use the bathroom out of the blue, having to look for a key card to reach the floor Aubrey's on, and having to backtrack again to get Berly a water bottle in order to pass. It almost seems like all of this is just stalling, and that Sunny just doesn't want their adventure to end.

Besides Mari (in the Sunny route), Kel is the only person Omori even went on a one on one adventure with.

In the Junkyard breaktime, when the friends are sitting on a couch while looking at the moon, Aubrey rests her head on Omori, but Omori immediately leans away and rests his head on Kel instead. When Hero catches him, Omori slowly leans away again most likely because he's shy.

When the friend group fails to find Basil, Aubrey states that she misses Basil brushing her hair and expectantly asks Omori if he would brush it for her, Kel purposefully interjects seemingly jealous of Aubrey and points out that Basil used to remind him to wash his hands, implying that he wants Omori to wash his hands. Omori never brushes Aubrey's hair but he does wash Kel's hands in Last Resort.

Quotes
"Helllooooo... Helllloooooooooooo? Sunny? Are you there? Do you remember me? It's your old friend, Kel!"

- Sunny meeting Kel again for the first time on Three Days Left.

"I was wondering... if you wanted to hang out one more time before you go... or whatever... for old time's sake, y'know?"

- Kel to Sunny during Three Days Left

"We were pretty adventurous back then huh? Haha..."

- Kel to Sunny during Two Days Left

"Do you remember when we were kids, me and you used to sneak out of the house to go to Hobbeez in the middle of the night? We could never get up for school on time the next morning, and Hero and Mari would always ask why we looked so tired."

- Kel to Sunny during Two Days Left

Fanon
Suntan is a popular ship within the Omori fandom. While ships like Sunflower and Sunburn are more popular, is actually growing and is starting to get there! It is usually shipped from the love bench teaser and Kel and Sunny being good friends in general, like how Kel went to check up on Sunny. Even though it has been 4 years since they last talked. And the fact that they are together most of the time in both Headspace and (especially) the Real World. Fans of the pair often describe them as "cute" and very "fruity", sometimes they even joke about some situations and ironically say that they are "just dudes being bros" even though what they're describing is far from platonic. Fans interpret that Kel may have had a crush on Sunny due to some potential hints in the game. As for this, it helped the ship gain a lot of popularity from the fandom. Some realize, that Kel could be a positive influence on Sunny. Some also think that Kel would be the first one to forgive Sunny after confessing the truth to the friend group, however it isn't confirmed yet as there is no second game for Omori. The two have lots of work made for them like fanfics, short comics, or illustrations.

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Trivia

 * "Suntan" comes from the 3 first letters of Sunny's name, and "tan" comes from "tangerine" referring to Kel's orange theme.
 * "Tan" could also refer to how Kel is warm, leaving a suntan, while Aubrey is harshly hot, leaving a sunburn.
 * Kel was the one who welcomed Sunny with open arms after coming back to Faraway Town.
 * The NPCs and  exist with the whole purpose to represent Sunny and Kel together.
 * There used to be a glitch in the game where Kel would move away with Sunny leaving Hero behind.
 * There was supposed to be a feature in the game where Omori could look at Kel through keyhole and Kel smiles at him.

Variations

 * Secret Hangout refers to the friendship between the two, Aubrey, Basil, Hero and Mari
 * Sunkissed refers to the ship between the two and Basil
 * Sunscreen refers to the ship between the two and Aubrey
 * Orange Jawbreaker refers to the ship between the two, Kim and Aubrey
 * Sunshine refers to the ship between the two, Aubrey and Basil