Well, well, well . .a rather casual sort of honesty? Or something else?
A conversation I’ve never had:
“So, hun, are you sexually interested in anyone at work?”
“No, darling, are you?”
“Well, now that you mention it, funny story . . .”
In Hanigare it would be something like this:
Konatsu: “So, hun, are you friendly interested in anyone at work?”
Koyuki: “No, darling, are you?”
Konatsu: “Well, now that you mention it, funny story I met this friend. . . (Kaede)