Yeah, a bit strange, but not entirely.
After Maya's dad leaves and she and the mc have a chat about the circumstances, the mc can choose to "Hug her" or "Don't console her". You can only console her if you're not a DIK but it doesn't affect your DIK/Chick status.
This is kinda similar to the Josy interaction, "Comfort her" or "Go to sleep". Except this time your affinity doesn't affect the choice you make but the choice you make affects your DIK score.
In both cases it's considered a Chick move to be concerned about the girl's feelings and a DIK move to not give a shit.
Except my DIK mc was consoling her for a different reason...