This goes in my "Top 10 Dumbest Choices I've Had To Make In a VN."
I'm supposed to decide whether I, as the player, still want to reconnect with an ex that has obviously done something with intense emotional damage to the MC, without knowing what it is, and with the MC having full knowledge of what it was?
I'm honestly not sure that it ultimately matters since Hailey exists and seems leagues better than all the other LIs combined so far. Even the initial contact with Hailey was out of nowhere, "Message Hailey" "Who TF is Hailey?" I accepted that since the MC didn't give me loads of anguish about contacting her.
If this choice permanently removes Aria and then we get her backstory later, it's a bad choice. If this choice doesn't permanently remove Aria but delays a path until after you get Aria backstory, it's still a bad choice. VN logic 101: Paths after backstories so players can have the same knowledge the MC is armed with.
Who accepts and chases Aria with only the awkward two meetings they've had in the story?