Yeah. Being different doesn't make you any less than anyone else. And it doesn't mean you feel anything less, even if you don't express it.

[But knowing how to read subtler cues in his demeanour, his words, expressions... Claude feels like he understands him well with very little needing to be said. He rests a hand over Byleth's, where it's still splayed over his heartbeat.]

As for me, I have a regular heart just like most anyone else, but people still find plenty of reason to treat me differently. So, don't put too much stock in other peoples' assumptions of how things should be.