At the end of Yolanda's romantic scene, whether you decide to ask about a more serious relationship, decide on something more casual, or fish for more information, will what you choose have any bearing on how easy/hard it will be to pursue a (serious) relationship with her later on?
Not inherently– it’ll just change the way a serious relationship with her ends up coming about.
(Putting rest under read more for those who wish to avoid spoilers, since this talks more in-depth about this aspect of Yolanda’s relationship)
The basic plan right now is:
If you start a casual relationship with her that will unlock more scenes similar to this one. When she actually starts feeling things for the MC the response to that will be kind of like an “oh, I’m confusing my physical feelings for emotional ones”, and go through that kind of “break up” between the two as she tries to work out her feelings.
If you ask about a more serious relationship now and she turns you down, then it’ll change that crisis later into one of “wait, I turned them down, and we’re not even in a relationship.”
(If you haven’t said you’re ace / if you’d be willing later on, she may even come to you and ask again if you’d like to have a one night stand, thinking that if the two of you DO have a romantic night together, those will make her odd new feelings go away.)
If you fish for information instead then you’ll still be able to start a casual relationship later on or ask about a serious one and get turned down, and go through either main path in her relationship! It changes how it happens a bit since you’ll be starting your relationship with her later / have already spent a night with her (which would change that “oh maybe its because we haven’t even been together” thought process of Yolanda’s) but will still allow you either path.
So! Neither is “harder” or “easier” then the other and both involve a kind of “break up” / “turn down” scene as Yolanda’s never really held romantic feelings for anyone before, and is gonna have to learn both how to manage and register what she’s feeling!
