It was the middle of summer, the climate in the land of the fire was warmer compared to the rest of the other lands which didn't help things, all of Konoha had open windows, day and night. Deidara and Sakura had to be careful because of this, they had only been together since the new year but the way they acted make it seem like they has been together for at least 2 years.
Back in fall the year before, team Kakashi had a mission to collect information from the akatsuki but things took an unexpected change. It turned out the akatsuki member they were after for information had faked his death in order to escape the akatsuki, he had to make it seem like he had burnt to ash so Zetsu wouldn't be suspicious about finding no body at the scene. He was a missing-nin from Iwagakure, the earth land, and had been with the akatsuki from the age of 14.
Deidara had recently gained trust from Tsunade, it took many months though to persuade the 5th hokage that a member of the akatsuki who was a missing-nin from the earth land should be trusted to live in the village which they've attacked and which the earth country have has no alliances with in the past, but there was something about him that made Tsunade feel certain that he was being honest and could be trusted when she was asking him, and team Kakashi who picked him up, questions about why he could be trusted and why they thought it was a good idea.
He did give them very useful information on the akatsuki, their goals, members, specialities and locations. He also seemed to take quite a liking to a certain kunzite from the leaf, Sakura.
Tsunade decided that her student, Sakura, would be the one to show Deidara around the village since they already knew each other from the mission, and the incident with Sasori. Naruto would just sit in ichiraku ramen all day and Sai doesn't have the 'social skills' needed, Sakura was good with people since she had to heal and support people at the hospital. She didn't really want to show a former akatsuki member around the village though, she hardly knew him either and he seemed to be modest about his art, she wasn't looking forward to this but she had to admit that she did take quite a liking to his eyes and though and found him rather attractive because of this but no-one had to know this bit.
It was mid November before Sakura was told to give the missing-nin a proper tour around the village. She knew where to go, what to do and what to say but she felt nervous for some reason, did she really like him that much? Over the last 2 months Sakura had thought about him quite a bit, she couldn't get those aqua blue eyes out of her mind or the fact that he had joined the akatsuki at 14, she had to admit she felt sorry for him. She also had to admit that she had some inappropriate thoughts about what he could do, especially with those hands but luckily for her that was only once. She now had to push these thought right to the back of her mind since she was about to see him for the first time in a month, this was it, she was about to meet the man, who's partner she killed and who had been on her mind at nighttimes, for the first time in a month, could she keep her cool?