Matt is lazy, everyone knows it. Roger, Near, L, and Mello alike have long since accepted this fact. It's the reason why Matt does everything he does, including hacking, maintaining third place in Wammy's, following Mello's word, and smoking.

L would always try to convince Matt to try for the number two spot, Matt's response was always similar to; "Why? Its not like I'm going to be L anyways, that would be too much work." and after about two years L stopped trying.

Roger once tried to get Matt to stop smoking, Matt's answer made the old man lose all hope, in every sense of the word

"I wouldn't be able to sleep or focus on my games while going through withdrawals, and besides, if they kill me then it just means less work for me."

Many times Mello has tried to get Matt to actually study, to stop smoking, or to do just about anything at all. But Matt would just ignore him until Mello threw a fit, and when that would happen Matt would just go hide in his closet with his PSP for awhile.

The only thing Matt wasn't lazy about was when it came to accepting Mello's 'Be my Valentine' card one year, as he had proceeded to shower Mello was various compliments of love, and then give him a blow job. But thats not what we're here for.

When the boys turned sixteen, Near finally put a word in, and he approached Mello that morning to voice his thoughts.

"Mello, do you ever think that Matt only agreed to be with you romantically because he just didn't want the hassle of dealing with your very likely temper tantrum, if he had refused?"

To this day, no one knows what Near could have possibly gotten out of the question, but nontheless he did get a black eye. So if that was what he was aiming for, then he got it. Lucky him.

But it made sense to Mello, so later that day he stormed into Matt's room, shouting at the redhead about all of his bad tendencies, and ending with that terrifying question. And Mello was terrified to hear the answer.

Matt's eyes had widened, and he gave Mello the most disbelieving look ever.

"Mells, while thats partially true, being with you is less trouble than not. For example, I don't have to jerk myself off anymore, you do it for me"

This earned a facepalm from the blond, as he tried to steady his breathing and NOT punch the redhead.

"Matt, what the fuck is wrong with you?" He grumbled, and Matt simply turned back to his previously forgotten game, pressing play again whilst completely ignoring Mello.

Years later Mello realized that the only thing that Matt wasn't lazy about, was loving Mello. Nothing more, nothing less. Because Matt's just like that, he doesn't fix what's not broken.