(SPOILERS UNMARKED) Chapter 14 - Garden scene, your choices

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Whatever you want to call it, there's an affection system based on the way you treat certain people and how much time you spend with them. Some choices are similar to the choices given in the original FF7, in which the results determine who you get a secluded & special scene with. Tifa, Aerith, or Barret.

I believe people call them "date" mechanics simply because of the way in which they mirror the original content.

Here. A look at some of the various decisions:

https://gamewith.net/ff7/article/show/17878