No, I don't expect anything that drastic, but they did just introduce Rani. We can't really claim, "Oh Disney is following real lions" because well real lions don't do hardly anything that anthro lions do except maybe drink water and run. There's nothing wrong with being invested in a show, I have always been highly invested in the lion king. If they wanted a love interest for Kion that was strictly a lion please don't throw around Fuli hints like throwing stars. Tifi and Zuri were shown as Kiara's friends, if you wanted to stick to that then well, you could have gone that route. Rani needed more time she was literally just thrown in there, in my personal opinion.
I don't consider Simba and Nala as too fast since they actually did know each other as cubs. Yes, it would be nice if there had a been a bit more time, but hey it's one movie, at least they had some background. It would have been nice even to see Kion with Vitani, but I knew that would be far-fetched. I am a heavy Lion King fan and tend to take my ships and shows seriously. I usually stay away from ships which are so out there that there is no snowball chance in the Arizona desert (such as most Harry Potter ships). However, Fuli and Kion was not a snowball ship. They were friends, he trusted her, she trusted him there was even dare I say it , flirty moments? I see nothing wrong with cross-species shipping, although the nice thing might have been leaving Kion mateless so fans can fill in the blank. Why leave poor Vitani in the cold anyway?