First girl/childhood friend rule is so stereotypical it makes my face hurt. Honestly I found the path of this mango to be a bit odd in the first place. I can't say which one would be most ideal from my pov, but the first girl rule doesn't really fit here for me. I can't believe the scale of how uninformed she still is. Asking somebody his age those questions just warps the answer into something wishy-washy due to the panic of trying to find appropriate wording.
This went way too slow for it to really feel like a year.