which is EXACTLY what I did in my run ! Sorry, not sorry. Now Elena is very conflicted as well between her bestie and MC - although we know in reality how this is going to play based on the dev morality stance. She has coded things that even when you only check our other women you get a massive cut in points in whatever relationship path you are.
It may make sense later on in the story after you've been dating Layla for a while. But there's no reason why things couldn't have been different early on. If you're someone who has always prefered Elena then you should have been able to focus more on Elena and let Layla know or make it rather obvious who you are more interested in.
Should have gone even further IMO.
But like it's been pointed out, Layla is the sort of the person who, if deferred to in such scenario, would very likely prioritize well-being of her close friend and be like, "go for it girl, i'm happy for you". So, again, i don't think the way game goes about it is really necessary or the only way this could've been resolved. Unless one wants to make it dramatic, ofc.
