Dan and Jerry, a ragtag duo who'd been to every party in college, were incredibly similar and compatible friends, but a certain incident led to their estrangement.

Ten years later, on a white Christmas, Jerry is kidnapped by Dan while gambling at a casino. Dan proposes a game of chess with a bet:

"If I win, we'll go to 'the forest.'"

As they play chess, recalling the events they'd rather not remember, a tense atmosphere flows between them. In this uncomfortable situation, Dan aims his gun at Jerry, who tries to escape. Seeing Jerry, who didn't kill him despite the possibility of killing him, Dan brings up a question he'd been holding in his heart...