Hint of romance?
Ever since i bought the legacy collection cd set whenever i get to the music where they are having the betrothed speech i hear a 'can you feel the love tonight' cue. It's really blatant.
Is it meaningless? Is it a clever way of saying that the two did care about each other? Am i reading too much into it?
Also during scars announcement of mufasa and simbas death they show the lionesses mourning but also make sure to show young nala as the focus
Those look like tears straight from the heart.
Also the part where there are three vicious carnivores, and all of them are bigger than simba and nala. Close to the end of the elephant graveyard scene simba blatantly places himself in front of nala and does his best to ward off them. That to me is a sign of him caring about her.