I studied that when there is a verb in negative form plus かなあ it means "I
desire that", like in: 早く始まらないかなあ。

But, I came across this sentence: "見ないでくれないかなあ", which apparently means "I
don't want you to see it". The problem is that I don't understand all these
negative forms one after another, could somebody shed more light on this
matter?
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What's the meaning of ないでくれないかなあ？
> 見ないでくれないかなあ

means:

> Would you mind not looking?

In parts:

  * 見ないで "not look" (i.e. "refrain from looking")

  * くれない "wouldn't you" (do it for me)

  * かなあ makes it a question; something akin to "I wonder if"
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