yeah,it is quite weird for me. If she really wanted to boost her status,she could've gone for Rusty for example,who is the leader of the diks and therefore higher in the hierarchy. Besides,she already has that,Diks begged her to join the Hots,everyone knows her and simps for her,she's got money and status,that's why she completely demolished Quinn whenever they had an argument,cause Lily doesn't need money or status or whatever else Quinn and the hots can give her. I was quite surprised in this episode since it seemed like Rio would be more opposed to dating,since Lily has a long term plan and plans to get a "normal" job after college and seems to be rather well organised in her efforts to settle down after some crazy adventures in college. My guess is that she either wants to date mc but she isn't ready to admit it or there is something about her we don't know yet.