I just find a pairing between Kovu and Nala..weird.
She is a generation older than him. She and Simba are supposed to be like any other Disney couple: Happily in love forever.
I just can’t imagine Kovu and Nala together. The movie just shows that Nala liked Kovu, she trusted him and saw him for what he really was: A kind, gentle-hearted lion, not a clone of Scar. The fact that she smiled at him a few times does not mean she wants to move down a generation and dump Simba.
It’s just my opinion.