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Dave is fired from his job after his girlfriend frames him for embezzlement. At the same time, Andrew is falsely accused of attempted child molestation. With the house scheduled for demolition by the end of the day, the two men hide inside, as police, city officials, and outraged neighbors encircle the home.

They step outside to find the outside world replaced by a featureless white void. The nothingness beneath is flat, featureless, and springy. They resolve to explore the new landscape together.

They begin to explore the empty plane, leaving objects behind to serve as a trail back. The white void offers no landmarks or guidance, testing their sense of direction. The act of scattering items marks their initial attempt to find a way back home.

Having run out of markers, they lose the trail and wander aimlessly, eventually returning to their house. The vast, blank plane makes it hard to retrace steps or judge distance. Back inside, a strange quiet settles over the home.

Back inside, Andrew realizes the house has no food left to eat. He glances around and sees the clock and overdue bills vanish as objects of hate, demonstrating that hatred can erase things from reality. They realize that hate directed at objects can erase both belongings and the world beyond.

Dave concentrates his hatred and, effectively, hates away his need for food. The surreal power of hate is demonstrated as hunger disappears, though the reason remains unsettling. His action foreshadows how other emotions might reshape their surroundings.

Andrew reveals that he was abused and tormented by his parents as a child. Dave urges him to confront the memories, and Andrew hates away the memories of each traumatic event. As the memories vanish, Andrew's phobias fade and he becomes more confident, altering their dynamic.

Friction grows as Andrew's newfound confidence shifts the balance. They decide they can no longer share the house and agree to settle ownership with a match of their favorite fighting game. The loser is exiled to the nothingness with their possessions.

Dave loses the fighting game and is exiled to the nothingness with his possessions. The parting marks the end of their shared life in the house, and Dave heads into the empty world alone.

Days after the separation, Dave visits Andrew's house in a happier mood, hoping to mend their friendship after hating away his anger toward Andrew. He even performs the national anthem for his self-created nation as a gesture of goodwill. But Andrew remains distant, refusing to hate away his lingering anger toward Dave.

Despite Dave's attempts at reconciliation, their anger erupts again and they begin hating away each other's possessions. Andrew retaliates by erasing one of Dave's possessions, and the conflict spirals until nothing, not even the house, remains.

In the final conflict, the two lose their bodies and are reduced to disembodied heads. They headbutt each other until exhaustion, then stop and decide to explore the nothingness anew as heads. The bond between them tests the limits of their connection but endures in a new form.

Later, older Dave and Andrew—still disembodied heads—are awakened by a popping sound, followed by a loud clamor of voices getting closer. As the noise grows, they scream in anticipation of what is to come.