After a few seconds, Nick heard Rox's complaints, he didn't need to be a genius to know that the situation needed to change so, enduring the whole situation, he decided that it was better to avoid the situation becoming more strange
He approached the room
"Uh--.... Roxanne, would you mind if... we got back to the subject of the Rat Men?" He said this for a reason, staying at home was a bad idea, both of them would feel more uncomfortable, although if he thinks about it, isn't this a weird kind of date? Since they are going out together to explore, just the two of them against who knows what?