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.

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.

Fanon
Sunburn is quite popular in the fandom. Though overshadowed quite a bit by Sunnflower and Kimbrey, this pairing still has many supporters. 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 Lost Library, 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. There are currently 464 works written for this ship in Archive Of Our Own.

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, since how rude Aubrey had 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.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Both Sunny and Aubrey have natural black hair.
 * 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.
 * Mari was an important person to both of them.