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 friends. At the 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 ear turning red as he was embarrassed and surprised Basil knew. Basil says that he will not tell anyone. When Aubrey talks to Sunny on the swings she apologizes, saying things like as if she cared for him even after four years. She is seen blushing at times while talking to him, though blushing does not always mean a sign of a crush. There is a memory of Sunny pretending to fall asleep when he leans on Aubrey’s shoulder. He pretends to be asleep and feels a sunburn on his nose. It says that this moment made Sunny very happy and he promises to never forget it. Sunny often likes to see pictures of Aubrey that Basil has taken.

In the dream world, as Dream Aubrey has a one-sided crush on Omori, it is hinted that she herself does. At one of the picnic events, Aubrey says that she and Omori would be good together. During a fight, if Omori does not notice Aubrey, her attack will be stronger. If Omori does notice her, the attack will be even stronger. As Sunny created his headspace, Omori being his alter ego, it is implied he made headspace Aubrey have feelings for Omori, since he likes her. Though it was hinted that Sunny had a crush on Aubrey, it is unknown if the feelings stayed the same, meaning Sunny might have only liked Aubrey before Mari had died. However when Sunny first meets Aubrey in the real world she calls him a psychopath for carrying a knife. It may be that Basil ships them, but he only knows about Sunny's crush. Before Sunny goes to visit his the treehouse, Aubrey was about to tell Sunny something but got interrupted by Kel. The two also seem to be close in headspace, and Aubrey is happy whenever Sunny comes to play. During the interactable on the couch in the Junkyard, Dream Aubrey leans her head on Omori's shoulder.

When Sunny first meets Aubrey, she insults him. Aubrey later on apologizes when they were on the swings and was only shocked to see him there, she was also furious with him since he was not there when Mari died she asks him questions as she is still worried for him after all these years. Later on, we find out that it is clear that Aubrey still cares for Sunny a lot, it was obvious the two were close friends in the past, but after Mari died some things had changed. After Aubrey forgave them she was not being rude to Sunny or fought with him, as she only fought with Sunny and Kel, because Kel made Aubrey furious, but Sunny did not act rude or anything to Aubrey. Aubrey later on requests for Sunny to visit once in awhile after he moves. When the Slime Girls threaten all the boys in the party, Dream Aubrey only gets fiercely defensive of Omori. Dream Aubrey seems happier tagging Omori than anyone else. Real World Aubrey seems less annoyed tagging Sunny than anyone else.

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.

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