After meeting List for the first time in 2016, Bertrand tells PEOPLE that it was “so much fun to hang out” with the actress on the set of ‘Cobra Kai’

(L) Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty

One of Jacob Bertrand’s greatest joys on Cobra Kai was working with his girlfriend, Peyton List.

In a conversation with PEOPLE about the martial arts series’ sixth and final season, the actor, 24, reflects on what it was like to film with his partner after his relationship with List turned romantic on the set of Cobra Kai.

“It was great,” he shares. “Peyton and I worked together a long time ago on this Disney movie called The Swap (2016), and she was really cool and I had a blast filming with her. And when you wrap something like that, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with the same person twice besides her.”

Though Bertrand had “fun” working with her, he thought to himself that he was “never going to see that chick again” until List signed on to Cobra Kai.

“It was so much fun in season two getting to [work with her],” he gushes. “That’s the bulk of pretty much when I was filming with her, season two and season three. I mean, she was so much fun to hang out with. She’s one of my best friends.”

“It was awesome. It was such a blessing,” he adds.

Bertrand, who stars Eli “Hawk” Moskowitz on Cobra Kai, and List, who plays Tori Nichols, first confirmed their relationship in March 2022.

“We’ve been dating for a while,” Bertrand told TMZ at the time. “I’ve never dated anyone I’ve worked with before. This is almost trial by fire.”

“We’ve been friends for a while,” he added. “I met her when I was like, 15. I was actually tight friends with her brother Spencer, so that was kinda awkward to be like, ‘Hey man, I like your sister.’ But yeah, we had fun on set and then hung out off-set.”

When asked if it was a difficult decision to start a relationship with someone she works with, List jokingly responded, “I guess so, yeah. And then think about the consequences later!”

(L) Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand. Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Cobra Kai premiered in 2018 and will conclude with it’s sixth and final season in three parts. The first launched on Netflix on July 18, while the second will come on Nov. 15. The comedy-drama’s closing installment will arrive in 2025.

According to the official description, season 6 picks up “with Cobra Kai eliminated from the Valley” and the Miyagi-Do Karate dojo senseis and students deciding “if and how they will compete in the Sekai Taikai — the world championships of karate.”

In addition to Bertrand and List, the series stars Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, John Kreese and more.