Cactiflower

Cactiflower is the slash ship between Kel and Basil from the Omori fandom.

Canon
Kel is seen defending Basil a lot when Aubrey and her the friends the Hooligans bully Basil. When Basil gets pushed down by Kim, Kel and Sunny fight. Kel and Sunny walk Basil home and he asks them to get their photo album back. Kel agrees and tells Basil that there still friends. Kel tells Basil that they got the photo album back.

Kel says that they should look through the photo album together. Basil agrees to this. Some of the photos are missing but Kel tells Basil not to worry.

In the two days left, Kel says that he hopes Basil is alright after the day before. When Kel and Sunny look for Basil, Aubrey argues with Basil. When she pushed him into the lake, Kel gets worried. In the one day left, Kel with Aubrey, Sunny and Hero go to have a sleepover with Basil. Kel is seen standing beside Basil in the hospital.

Fanon
This ship is popular in the Omori fandom, due to Kel always defending Basil when Aubrey bullied him. Some rivals of the ship like Sunnflower or Suntan may be more popular but it is still a popular ship. The ship name Cactiflower comes from Basil saying Cactis remind him of Kel and for Basil’s love of flowers. Fan art often shows the two showing affection to each other. There are currently 43+ works of the pairing on AO3.

It is considered a "rare-pair" most people ship it for the reason "Basil needs someone like Kel." As they don't appear in alot of photos together fans of the pair consider it "healthy" since Kel was there to defend Basil when Aubrey was bullying him. There usually shipped because of there dynamic to.

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