He'll have a battle with himself: he wants you to know he wants to kiss you, but he doesn't want to come off as pushy or overbearing.

他正在和自己斗争：他希望你知道他想吻你，却也不想表现出强硬或是傲慢。

youdao

"I won't go, so there now," pouted Eponine like a spoiled child; "you send me off, and it's four months since I saw you, and I've hardly had time to kiss you."

“我就是不愿意走开，”爱潘妮装顽皮孩子撒娇的样子说，“您放着我不管，已经四个月了，我见不着您，也亲不着您。”

youdao

Kiss me again, Tom! -and be off with you to school, now, and don't bother me any more.

汤姆，再吻我一下！现在你可以去上学了，不要再来烦我了。

youdao