I haven’t really decided whether I think that meme was rape culture, but I will say that I did find it uncomfortably sexual in relation to an unconscious person. And I feel like you’re really going out of your way to sanitize it after the fact.
At least to me, “seeing (sleeping) partner naked” is not the same as focusing on sexualized parts of their body. Nor is “being attracted to someone”. Further, the implication was not solely that the person would have rather stayed; The meme had a definite sexual note that was entirely unnecessary to communicating that point.

Who said it should be the same image? That’s the same cat, reacting to the fact that it’s been buried in peas not_really_tho