Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-38407585-20191029190754/@comment-31111796-20191101202431

Teenage love is a complicated thing. I think it's possible that Kion had a crush on Fuli, but that quickly changed when he got to know Rani. Same with Fuli; she may have been in love with Kion, but when she became friends with Azaad, that changed, too.

My headcanon is that they did like each other initially, but they each found someone they loved even more.

If the Kion x Fuli ship had sailed, however, I'd imagine there'd be deeper hints of love throughout the first half of S3, and the Kion x Rani segments in the second half would be replaced with Kion x Fuli segments (including Of the Same Pride, which would have vastly different lyrics and overall meaning).