Right .. but you desperately have to try the obvious:
Who MC actually saves, someone Mc actively invested himself into,
while she who his friends want him to date,
they are two very different people.
The natural progression and most life like is MC building his relationship
with the almost beaten up/raped short cake. MC almost gave his life for her.
Having MC just brush everything off and we are waaaAAAAaaay past it
like it was nothing just does not sit right in the story.
I personally love picking only one girl
So you should pick the canon babe, only then go for that absolutely no emotion maneater.
When you just sit and wait on relationships to drop in your lap,
that is no romance, it is called hookup trope and one night stand.