What's more important:
Power games
Hide and seek
Honest communication
You pick!
In my experience, "honest communication" is always the best policy. Know what you want to say, call 'em up, and say it.
"Love" is not a power trip about who has the ball in their court, who has the upper hand, who is in charge - you can play those games if you want to, but just be honest and realize that's not love at all. That's some fantasy - and you get to say whether you have that in your life, or if you have something more...loving.
It's a normal part of human interaction to "want" and "need" and have "romance" - I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. I am saying "love" is supposed to be bigger than all that.