It was only until after the second mission the Running Man cast and guests could really take a break together.

As soon as Haha found the last index card for their team in the first mission, they rushed towards the next location, which was Yeongdong Market. When they left, Jongkook was still struggling with his last puppy while Jackson also only had to capture one more Border Collie.

Once there, Jaye’s team split into 2 to complete the required smaller missions: Jaye and Jihyo went together, while the three men partnered up. Jaye and Jihyo realized afterwards that it wasn’t the best division of their team but they all managed to finish eating and playing the games and finding everything that was required before Jackson’s team.

Not that it really mattered, since everyone met up to eat before going to the next location.

“How’s it going?” Jackson asked as he plopped down in the chair beside Jaye, who was sitting alone.

She turned slowly to look at him incredulously before saying, “Really?”

“Yeah,” he said, a little bit confused, “Why? I can’t ask a fellow guest how they’re doing with the filming?”

Jaye narrowed her eyes then caught herself. “Ah, sorry,” she said, shaking her head to wake herself up in a sense, “We’re supposed to get to know each other, right. It’s still a little weird to me, this situation.”

“And I apologize for that,” he said earnestly, “I just didn’t know how else to get your attention.”

“Well, you got it,” she chuckled before answering his initial question, “I’m doing good, the filming is going well. I’m glad I get to hang out with Jihyo eonnie.”

“You two are really close,” he stated.

“We are,” she nodded, smiling, “When I first appeared on Running Man, Jaesuk oppa really took me under his wing since he roped me into the game, but what most people don’t know is that Jihyo reached out to me too. She got a hold of my phone number somehow and we started texting and calling each other every so often. She was really sweet, correcting my Korean in my messages and when we spoke. Thanks to her and Jaesuk oppa and his family, I can speak the language better…But anyway, that was a tangent.”

“Nah that’s alright, we’re getting to know each other,” Jackson said with a playful nudge.

She laughed. “True. What else do you want to know?”

“Why did you come to Korea in the first place?” he asked after a second of thinking.

“I always wanted to come,” she replied, “My parents didn’t ever bring me to visi