Atlas looked at him and smiled lightly, "Why do you have to? You are supposed to be growing away from your family, not forced to spend time with them." he sat back up and scratched his head, "when the holidays come around you could just say you have a big project to work on and your partner has to stay here or something...well I wouldn't have a problem outright lying to my parents. I dunno man, but I don't particularly like the idea of staying here alone over the holidays. Mom might stop in, but it would not be for long." He fell into a silence after that and crossed his arms over his chest and looked at his feet which he scuffed on the ground.