#my time

I know that it's hard to do

Before you guys go in the comments and type "But be already is one!" Just hear me out.

WARNING: THIS CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS TO THE GAME OMORI. THIS POST MENTIONS DEATH AND SUICIDE.

Before I start, what is a Hikkikomori? A Hikkikomori is a person who lives secluded in their house (most often staying in their bedroom excessively) and shuts them self from the outside world physically for at least six months. People living the Hikkikomori lifestyle tend to have a lack of motivation to do anything and disregard personal hygiene.

How does this relate to Sunny, you may ask.

Sunny is already a Hikkikomori as he shut himself away in his room for four years, never bothering to go outside unless necessary (which was never due to his mom doing the grocery shopping.) Then, if Sunny is already considered a Hikkikomori, what might I mean by the title?

Well there is one thing Sunny lacks, it's the knack of neglecting personal hygiene and not having any motivation to do.. well.. anything.

You see, in the game, Sunny is always depicted with a neat button down shirt and vest combo, paired with tan cargo shorts. However, if Sunny were to have the things cannon Sunny lacks, then major changes would be in effect, especially in Faraway.

Appearance:

As stated before, Sunny has an overall neat look about him. Yet if he were to neglect personal hygiene, Sunny would wear his old pajamas as they're the easiest to put on and wouldn't bother changing out of them. Upon opening the door, Kel would be whiplashed with the messy and unkempt hair Sunny would have and his very wrinkled clothing. Sunny wouldn't stink though, as his mom would pressure him to shower (thankfully).

Interactions:

Sunny wouldn't open the door, yet let's just say Kel's persistent knocking pisses him off and he reluctantly opens the door. Kel would feel awkward like canon, but that level of awkwardness would increase ten fold, as he sees Sunny messy and all over the place for the first time in his life. Kel would probably comment on how he looks like shit, then drag him to a mini adventure.

Upon meeting Aubrey and Basil, Aubrey would stared wide eyed, then scoff at how Sunny looks, her canon insults at Sunny would be tones down a bit as they would all be directed to Kel. When they fight,Sunny wouldnt bother taking his knife out of his pocket as he would just stand to the side, not wanting to participate. Kel would lose, but chuck the ball to Aubrey's nose, causing her nose TK bleed. Basil would stared wide eyed at Sunny as they go to his house and have dinner.

When meeting Hero, Hero would definitely fuss over Sunny, worried about his hygiene and his health as he looks like shit. Sunny would attempt to shake him off but fail tremendously.

Events:

Scenes such as Aubrey, Kel and Sunny's fight would be altered greatly. As stated earlier, Sunny would never bring his knife out to stab Aubrey as his mind is full of thoughts and he can't bring himself to do anything about it. It's Kel that draws blood buy hitting her nose.

When Kel and Sunny explore Faraway, Kel is the one leading as sunny immediately regrets his desicion and decides to head back to his house. Kel stops him and drags him along Faraway and his adventures.

Sunny would go and dive for basil, but he wouldn't get far as panic courses through his body like canon, yet he starts drowning much more quicker, promoting kel to save him instead and Hero there to help him get warm.

Sunny and Basils fight would be much more drastic as Sunny would use the knife he has as kel never knew he had it in his pocket. Sunny would still lose an eye but basil would also suffer from blood loss. One possible ending for this au is that Basil or Sunny dies from blood loss in this fight.

When they forgive Aubrey prior to the fight, Sunny would stand by and only reluctantly join the group hug.

Sunny wouldn't try and run errands. Kel would have to coerce him to.

Sunny wouldn't suicide by knife, instead another possible ending in this au is that Sunny dies from starvation or lack of hygiene as he bed rots and escapes in his room.

Hallucinations:

Sunny would most likely react the same to SOMETHING, however there is a possibility Sunny dies the same way as Mari did (via staircase) as his lack of hygiene and eating causes him to be weaker and lose grip during a bad hallucination, causing him to tumble backwards and crack his head.

Anyways that's all for the au rant as in writing this at 3:00 am and my brain can't think anymore lmao.

Unil next time gng.

Random cool thing I made in PhotoShop for Halloween in art class while I was dressed up as Sunny in 2024 I think

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