Tall Maid Cafe Chapter 6

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With some reluctance, Suika began to make her way out into the café floor where everyone could see her clearly. Normally she would be the tallest person within the building but now she was more than dreading what was about to take place next. In her mind, there was still the temptation of sabotaging this moment.

However, she couldn't help but be distracted when she heard people cheering for her upon her entrance. This took her aback a little as she had expected all the attention would be on Lacey. But it seemed as though there were still some out in the café who were still supporting her.

This did bring a smile to Suika's face as she stepped on the stage and could see her manager who as usual was a real shorty in comparison. However, she did look up at Lacey and could see the somewhat embarrassed on her face. It was clear to her that she didn't seem to be as comfortable with this height comparison contest than Suika was. Although it was for different reasons.

As Suika had been stepping onto the stage, Akemi knew that she had to step off of it. Her time there was done for the day and there were many more errands than needed to be finished. Such as making sure the kitchen was ready for when the inevitable rush of orders once this spectacle was finished.

"Oh my now I'm feeling really short," said Ms. Toriyama as she could hear the patrons enjoying what they were seeing. "As many of you are aware, Suika here is the tallest maid in the café. But as you can see…" Suika did begin to stand by Lacey shoulder to shoulder, although the latter's shoulder was much higher than the latter. "The queen has lost her title."

There was a loud cheer from the patrons and it made Suika realise something that made her even more frustrated. It wasn't her popularity that was the reason for her being cheered a few moments earlier. Instead, it was the anticipation of seeing her standing next to Lacey. Just to see the height difference between the two women of abnormal sizes.

This only caused her to be further angered and this almost made her completely lose her composure. If something like that were to happen, it would likely mean the end of Le Café des Maids Imposantes.

With the two tallest maids on the stage, Ms. Toriyama did what she knew everyone was waiting for. Carefully, she got the tape measure out and placed the end of it right next to Suika's foot. Then as she stepped upon the step that gave her a boost, she was able to reach up to her employee's head.

"Impressive, our dear Suika here is a not too shabby two-hundred centimetres in height," said Ms. Toriyama. "Normally I would be saying that she's by far the tallest woman in the café, but today that isn't the case. Now, let's see if we can get an exact measurement for Lacey here." At first, she turned on her step to look up at her guest maid. However, there was a problem that she quickly noticed and even wanted to point it out to the patrons. "Oh my, even when I'm standing on this step, I'm still not tall enough to be able to measure our friend here. Paruka, would you be so kind to bring me a stepladder please?"

Paruka who was just out of view from the patrons quickly did grab a stepladder that was nearby and brought it onto the stage. There was another loud cheer from the patrons as they were enjoying the show that was taking place. This was all the plan of Ms. Toriyama who already knew that the step that she originally had wasn't going to be enough.

She had been running this café for some time now and she knew that the majority of the patrons appreciated women of towering heights. This was all just to increase their anticipation for what was able to come next. As the tape measure was down by Lacey's foot and Ms. Toriyama began to climb the ladder that had been placed down. To increase the anticipation, she decided to stretch out the experience somewhat.

"Hmm, now let's see how our temporary maid measures up," said Ms Toriyama. She knew exactly what she was doing at this moment in time as she looked at the measuring tape. "One-hundred and seventy centimetres." This was of course not Lacey's true height but simply where she was looking at the measuring tape. Although this was only around as high as her legs. "One hundred and eighty centimetres." There was another volley of anticipation from the patrons and yet it was clear that there were plenty more of these milestones to go.

Slowly but surely, Ms. Toriyama continued to announce Lacey's height in ten centimetre increments. But the higher that they went, the more in disbelief that she had become. Much to her amazement, she was going up further and further. Even more than she expected.

"Two hundred and thirty centimetres," said Ms. Toriyama as she continued to measure up as she had not reached the top of Lacey's head yet. "Two hundred and forty centimetres, two hundred and fifty centimetres." Another few moments went by before she could actually state the final part of the measurement. "Two hundred and fifty-four centimetres!"

This got a huge roar of appreciation from the crowd watching as they still couldn't believe what they were hearing. Not only was Lacey the tallest maid the café had ever had, but she was also potentially the tallest woman in history. She was yet to surpass the tallest man ever but there was still plenty of time for that to happen.

For Lacey, although she still couldn't understand what was being said, she could tell from the reaction that it was beyond belief for some. She still remembered her last measurement that had taken place around two months before. Back then she had reached two-hundred and one centimetres, but she wouldn't be surprised if she was told that she had grown since then.

"You heard me right; our American friend here is over two and a half metres in height. For those of you who are wondering, in the imperial system she is eight foot four and not only that but she has reached a milestone. If my memory of maths hasn't diminished, then Lacey hear stands at exactly one hundred inches!"

Suika looked up at Lacey and she could see that her face was still red with embarrassment. Even so, Suika's face too was turning red and it almost seemed as though it was out of anger. Before she did anything that she was sure that she was going to regret, she stormed off of the stage and made her way into one of the back areas where she could try and compose herself.

Before she knew it she was looking at the herself in the mirror and with a sink in front of her. She began to run the tap and then splashed the water into her face as a way to try and calm herself down. She tried to remember why she was there and how she had to keep her composure.

"Even after all this time I couldn't get away from her," said Suika as she continued to look in the mirror. She was holding onto the sink and gripping with her hands very tightly. It seemed as though she was getting so angry that even the skin of her arms were beginning to turn red. "She shows up here and decides to upstage me, well I'll show her!"

"Suika, are you in here?" asked a familiar voice. This made the former tallest maid to turn around and look towards where the voice had come from. Stepping into the restroom like area, was Paruka who did seem to be genuinely worried.

"What do you want?" replied Suika. Her voice was clearly still angry over what had happened. She did put her hands behind her back as she focused entirely on her colleague.

"I was worried about you. The way you stormed off like that made me and Akemi very concerned for you."

"Why? You should be happy that another woman turned up here whose taller than me. Why don't you just laugh and get it over with."

"I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not just your colleague, I'm your friend and you know that I'd never laugh at you." She stepped closer to Suika and continued to show that she was genuinely concerned about her. The height difference between them was quite remarkable, even though Paruka was tall by the standards of the average Japanese woman. "Always remember that even if Lacey is here today, she won't be tomorrow and you'll be the tallest maid again. Also, it isn't as though she is doing anything to intentionally upstage you. Believe me, from talking with her, she said that you seemed like a lovely person."

"Of course, she would say that! She's always acting so nice to everyone!"

"What?" This caused a small amount of confusion from Paruka as it made it seem as though she was familiar with Lacey already. "You've met her before?"

"N-No." There was a hint of nervousness in her voice as she looked at her colleague. "I just looked her up online when I was on break. I saw what some of the articles about her way saying."

"Oh, I see."

This still seemed a little odd to Paruka but it was a plausible answer. From what she had seen of Lacey herself, the towering being seemed to be a very kind figure. So, thanks to her basketball career and personality, it was likely that something like that would have been mentioned in an article.

Even so, she was still worried with how everything was playing out. There was no doubt that the events of the day were going to bring in a lot of money to the café, but she still thought that things might not end too well. With a combination of Lacey's clear embarrassment of the show and Suika's mood. That something could happen that could ruin the day.

All she could do for now was hope that something like that didn't actually take place. Instead, she would just try her best to make sure everything went smoothly. Even if this was something that was unlikely.

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