Rin's mind had long been made.
Nevermind learning of his plan to have a house built for her while they slept in the wild together without shelter. She was just waiting for him to stop talking.
Sesshomaru watched Rin lift a loose plank from the floor, under which was a bundle of some kind. But then a flash of pink, and he realized what she packed inside a linen sack was one of the kimonos he had given her.
"So," Rin wondered, "when do we leave?"
"Soon," he said. "Jaken will arrive with A-un."
"I've missed them." Rin stopped what she was doing. She gave Sesshomaru a side-long glance once, twice. "But you know," she started to say, "if we have to leave so soon I don't see why I just can't ride on your back."